Monte Waterbury

James Montaudevert Waterbury Jr., known as Monte, was an American businessman and polo player who held a 10-goal handicap. Born on 24 April 1876 in Westchester, New York, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from Columbia University, and he was president of the family wire and manila rope firm, the Waterbury Company. With his brother Lawrence, Harry Payne Whitney and Devereaux Milburn he formed the team known as the Big Four, which won the 1909 International Polo Cup, and he won the Cup five times in all, in 1902, 1909, 1911, 1913 and 1914. He also won the first US Open Polo Championship in 1904 and died on 28 August 1920 at the age of 44, after which the Monty Waterbury Cup at the Meadow Brook Club was named in his honor.