Polo Program, First Edition (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Eldorado Polo Club, Palm Desert, CA, 1966. Softcover, unpaginated (approx 18 pp). Program of a polo match between teams from California and Mexico, which was attended by H.R. H. Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. The prince presented the award to the winners of the match. Near fine with previous owner's name written inside front wrap and on the bottom margin of the last page.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Aurora team was founded by Seymour Knox, a member of the Polo Hall of Fame. Knox, who had a farm in East Aurora, New York, near Buffalo, bought his first polo pony while visiting Aiken in 1922, and the following winter the Aurora team made its debut on Aiken's Whitney Field. Seymour Knox became a skilled and dedicated amateur player, and his Aurora team included some of the top poloists of the Golden Age of the 1920s and 1930s. Aurora played in and won the best tournaments in America, including the U.S. Open Polo Championship® (1934), and they also played in England and Argentina. After Seymour (who reached a high of 7 goals) retired from high goal play, his sons Seymour III and Northrup carried on his legacy. Aurora likely made its last appearance in Aiken on March 24, 1968 when Norty (8 goals) was joined by Juan Carlos Harriott (at the time the only 10 goaler in the world), Heath Manning and Raymond Guest to contest the David Dows trophy against Aiken (Pete Bostwick, Alan Corey Jr., Alan Corey III and Darnell Boyd.) Aurora (referred to as Buffalo in the Blue Book) won by a score of 10-7.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Wear and damage to corners, page edges stained upper right rear 20 or so pgs diminishing to none. Contents, ads, photos of teams, score cards, Illustrations, Portraits, etc. all VG. Unnumbered pages, 80. Large program, 12 1/4"t x 9 1/4"w.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [36] pp. Polo Associates 11 5/8" x 8 1/2" Stapled wraps Cover artwork and all drawings by Paul Brown Bostwick was a resident of Old Westbury, Long Island, Gilbertsville, New York and Aiken, South Carolina. First riding at the age of 7 his horseman roots were at the famed Aiken Preparatory School where his aunt, Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock known as the "mother of U. S. polo", taught him and many leading polo players of the era their skill. His talents attested to ultimately reaching an eight-goal rating. "Polo for the Public" was his motto at the Bostwick Field on Long Island, New York and polo for a purse was also inaugurated there.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 11" x 8 1/2" [28] pp. w/ Illustrations by Paul Brown.