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the offering of prizes became general, and the forma- 

 tion of new clubs took on the nature of an epidemic. 

 In the neighbourhood of Boston the Myopia and 

 Dedham Clubs were, during 1889, organised respec- 

 tively by Messrs. R. M. Appleton, R. L. Agassiz, 

 Robert G. Shaw, 2d. G. L. Peabody, A. P. Gardner, 

 Samuel D. Warren, C. H. W. Foster, Allan Forbes, 

 W. Cameron Forbes and their associates. On the 

 Pacific coast the Santa Monica or Southern California 

 Polo Club was organised by Messrs. E. Gorham, H. 

 A. Winslow, G. L. Waring, J. B. Proctor, W. H. 

 Young, J. E. Hoy, Captain Bolton, R. P. Carter, J. 

 A. Parker, J. Machell, W. R. Ward and P. Martin. 



'' In 1890 the Philadelphia Club organised, with 

 Messrs. J. S. Groom, H. P. McKean, jun., H. G. 

 Groom and others. 



*' This year also saw the inauguration of the Oyster 

 Bay, L. I., Club, with Messrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 

 Francis G. Underbill, W. C. Tuckerman, Elliott and 

 others. 



''The year 1890 is notable as that in which the 

 American Polo Association was organised. The 

 members of a committee, which was formed on the 

 2ist May, 1890, were Mr. H. L. Herbert, chairman ; 

 Messrs. Douglas Robinson, Oliver W. Bird, E. C. 

 Potter and John C. Cowdin. The result was the 

 formation of the Polo Association and the adoption 

 of rules and regulations and bye-laws. At the first 

 meeting held in New York, Friday, June 6, 1890, the 

 American Polo Association was duly organised, em- 

 bracing, as a nucleus, the country clubs of Westchester, 

 Essex County, Meadow Brook, Morris County, Rock- 

 away, Philadelphia, and Oyster Bay Polo Clubs, 



