Post by VeeVee on Jul 19, 2015 20:03:07 GMT -5
A bridle concho/decoration from the Carabao Wallow Hunt & Polo Club that was based in Nichols Air Field in Manila.
borderwar-2014.blogspot.com/2014/04/us-cavalry-fighters-are-going-to-play.html
(excerpt):
"Forts McKinley and Stotsenberg and the “Carabao Wallow Hunt and Polo Club” at Nichols Field each had their own field and stable; officers brought their polo ponies with them and there was keen interest in breeding with European and Australian stock.
Tournaments were held in February and May of each year and played for the Far Eastern, Wood, and Langhorne Cups."
Source: Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940, Brian McAllister Linn.
borderwar-2014.blogspot.com/2014/04/us-cavalry-fighters-are-going-to-play.html
(excerpt):
"Forts McKinley and Stotsenberg and the “Carabao Wallow Hunt and Polo Club” at Nichols Field each had their own field and stable; officers brought their polo ponies with them and there was keen interest in breeding with European and Australian stock.
Tournaments were held in February and May of each year and played for the Far Eastern, Wood, and Langhorne Cups."
Source: Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940, Brian McAllister Linn.