Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-06-07 | Page 51 | Larry Fitzpatrick, the Man behind the American Polo Ponies, and Three of the Best and Fastest

1. LARRY FITZPATRICK, THE MAN BEHIND THE AMERICAN j POLO PONIES, AND THREE OF THE BEST AND FASTEST i 7; a i- ,,u. k.:- r V , ' t h I WlV''''''''",iK:'v;:i ' f '' . I - mavMII n :U.'4V' fe;r-''-f ;;.Sl---3l and everv one of the subordinates on niTlim nr niTOIirn vV? V V-.r??V! whoso efficiency so much of this coun- Kn HfH HP H LHrn A' f '':r:'f try's polo prestige has been built up. n 14 UL 1 I I UflL.ll IsAf-- ; - .4VviV'.v;; 'These gentlemen, with Devereux Mil- linillL.ll UL I HWItLll A-::'- ' ' K-K-r': ''..:: burn, a number of whose best ponies tiiifi i nnrninrniTn II' "A1"-" ' 5 ' jy- " Ivy werbKHeptwh- as adid'cmPhppps" THAN A PnES DEbI? - , I V - Yl sS4Sv lllllli II MILWIWLIll 1 :p.rS y: '.4. ;;V!-.i.;.,. . .-jfl.-,. yV.fet i satisfaction of assisting the American s.;fVj-i K'Sf"r- ':'.". '. '-..' c. ?ff::;W defense through having their horses - . , j J : i':'';v-; used in the series. There are many II- 1 CUwIJ Pl,... - i': I V'''7iv' : v!-hlij yii:?;;l 'other owners of good horses who have High Salaried call riayers I- i : : ' : .i&'Zri.::! placed mounts at the disposal of the . '- f 't'0 1".' polo association. Get Much More Per Hour ' 'V ' ' ' n , ' ,x A - ' Thirty Available. TVian Mr Wi'lann f fi v'' v ' ' ''' - " la this country it has been, a case ihan IVir. VVUSOn. :M-t,M F' -;iA.-i'vA.:ift''5."5; of trying to find enough ponies to ' "')-:.' . x .. ' v.. t ; . . ' mount a team properly. Elimination 5 i''X:'. 1 t:, V V.. y. ; V.:7l.i:X.S:vr';-;--;';,!;) and the selection of the fittest has been By Tribune Special Sport Service. i-C' . ' t SJi V;' '4? '" ' Wr-i v .;' ;.-jf the task of the men in charge. Out of XEW YORK. June 6 Christy Mathew. X:mi-Ev3 " "v ' - ' - ' tb large number of mounts thirty son the New York Giant pitcher, earns l;'.''.W-.v2- V'1i--'''-i;7 staDfl out on their WOrk in tla?, preI more monev per hour than any other IV fV . , iw' ' vv liminary practice as most capable of , j ..i, 11 . V. I S ,. '..feif 'i -; carrvmg Captain J. JI. aterbnry salaried man in the orld V f , , ..;?.M4: :. "'S quaHette. fn this -list are included Ins ,-peaker of the P-?d Sox gen a : :, - .,.1 ;t i V'; i - such noted veterans as Conover, Tenby, larger total salary than Matty, yet V , c ' ."H . ) II Jacob and Berta. Speaker gets less than one-third a much U z .' , ' - f y., 'i v J ? V In many respects Conover is the most per working hour as does Matty. PreEl- V - " t ) ' '-t ' V ' ' remarkable pony in competition. AI-dent AI-dent Woodrow Wilson, with his f TS.COO J'& i!c -: "':- i '-Jl though twenty-two years of age, the a ear. gets less than one-sixth as much ; y ' ' v i C " 4 time in life when most horses are for actual working hours as does Matty, , ' ' j J 'C.;., i.a-v filled only with the ambition of cpen eland el-and Elbert H. Gary of ih Cnltcd States V'i-LVl', 1 - 1 . ' ' if! ing their last few Tears peacefully Steel corporation, who is said to draw ym&y.g,,. -yi. :v"-": hrr.wsinir in nasture Conover is as At down something like 8100.000 a year for CAS,-iJS:APS!-f:: ' browsing in pasture unover is as m his labors, eetl less than one-fourth of V;i:'3!ff,Wvf i -1,7 ' vy ?s the youngest. A veteran of three Mattv's hourlv salarv. t?;.- j t f J "v jr international matches, and with a ree-Mathewson ree-Mathewson is drawing $15,000 a year Vi. ''t " -A ' :? 1 jrf ord of having played four ehukkers in from the Giants. To earn this sum he VC " , v j 1 , 1 each of them, the veteran will in all is called upon to work only about two WwP probability play another four periods hours a day, and works only about one - Jsi . .' ' " !, .,; spries Quick a dav in each four. At a high estimate, NV,; ' ' tS (?. 1, ZWJ wirt :r; Mattv will work in torn- complete games KJjwSS- ' flash 0 th ? ' ,n9 sp,ri i a 'srairin which, fic-ared at two hours n , if which never admits defeat. Conover oil