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Show fr - - - - AUTOS REPLACE FRISKY PONIES IN THRIL LING POLO MATCH. ThiB picture shows an exciting indent in-dent during an auto polo contest at omcstead, L 1 . where the A.utO Dlo Association of America compos -,1 of many of the country's wealthy .sport lovers, is promoting the new I game. ' All of the lour cart engaged in the i game ure shown in a close brush for I possession ot the ball In the fore ground, on the right, Leonard Bon-ney, Bon-ney, of the Auto Polo association team j is trying to hold off the attacking team, Theodore Brldgeman and Count Mourik de Beaufort of the Aero clul team. Manx cars are disabled during tbe our ., of game, as collisions are com- , in The hoop-Uk construction on1 the back of tbe car is to prevent the car troui crushing the driver in the event of Its turning-turtle, an occurrence occur-rence which Is not at all infrequent, and which tends to lend spice to the game. Auto polo Is played on exactly exact-ly the same plan as horse polo, except ex-cept that tho qnines are replaced by motor-cars. |