"Aiken Polo Club/ Mrs S.H. Knox Cups April 12, 1930 Trophy" (SOLD)
Price on Request
Sz: 6 3/4"D
Sheffield Silver Plate
Stamped: Harrison Bros & Howson
EPNS
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.
Polo first arrived in Aiken in 1882, just six years after the game was introduced to this side of the Atlantic. Over the next years, the sport became an integral part of Winter Colony society, attracting many of the best players in the country and the world. By World War II, Aiken was the acknowledged center of America’s polo world during the winter months. Over its 134-year history, Aiken has been home to many famous players, horses and tournaments, including seven of the 21 American born players who have achieved a 10-goal rating.