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| POLO—REVIVED AFTER TWO THOUSAND YEARS. It Was In China, Between 800 And 1200 B. 0., That It Was The Game Of Emperors. Tenth and Thirteenth Hussars, soon developed a set of rules and a system of teamwork, which have been modified only in detail since. Polo was first attempted on English soil by the younger officers of the Tenth Hussars, who, in 1869, organized a game with regimental chargers for mounts, crooked sticks as mallets, and one of-the "ivories" from the mess billiard table instead of the usual willow ball. The game spread rapidly, and some good play was seen at Lillie Bridge. But the organization of polo in England dates from its adoption by the Hur-lingham Club in 1873. Hurling-ham's grounds were laid out the same year, boarded at the sides, and have ever since been the official center of polo for all Europe and America. Polo appeared in America only five or six years after its introduction into England, and the first games were arranged by James Gordon Bennett at Dickel's Riding Academy, Fifth Avenue and Thirty-ninth street, later to be transferred to the old Jerome Park track of the Westchester Racing Association. The Westchester Polo Club, founded in 1877, was the earliest formal organization in the United States, closely followed by the Meadow Brook Cllub in 1881. The Westchester Polo Club, after locating at its present grounds at Newport, offered an International Polo Challenge Cup, which has been the symbol of polo pre-eminence between America and England ever y t i ? t ? i t X ? t X 1 ? ? i t I T f (Continued From Page 2) eastwards through Gilgit and Chit-ral, possibly also to Manipur. Polo also flourished in India in the sixteenth century. Then for two hundred years its records in India cease, until in 1854, polo came into Bengal from Manipur by way of Cachar and in 1862 the game was played in the Punjab. As every one knows, this game of monarchs and princes was introduced to English speaking peoples through the British cavalry regiments that served in India. These regiments, the Fifth, Ninth, Twelfth and Seventeenth Lancers, and the INSURANCE la all its Branches WHEELER & COLE FRANK I> WHBKLKB OSirtt BMf., TOWSON, HD. A >»?•??»??????????»»?»»??»* I X T X X X 7 r I 7 1 I i 7 V I 7 7 7 7 7 7 I 7 7 Natumal WHAT BETTER PROTECTION COULD YOU ASK FOR YOUR MONEY THAN TO HAVE A BANK ORGANIZED UNDER AND CONTROLLED BY LAWS ENACTED AT THE NATION'S CAPITOL? WE OFFER YOU THIS EVIDENCE OF OUR STRENGTH AND ABILITY TO GUARD YOUR FUNDS. The National Bank of Cockeysville Cockeysville, Md. ^X-X'^X^"^?'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ since, as the America's cup is in yacht racing. The first international match, played in this country in 1886,' resulted in victory for the Hurlingham teams over the 3Kgst-* Chester four in two straight games, one by the score of 10 to 4; the other by 14 to 2. The American team included W. K. Thorne, J. Belmont, Foxhall P. Keene and Thomas Hitchcock, whose son, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., will play next month against the invading English. The Americans of the first team were undoubtedly better horsemen than polo players and thought far more of their individual play than of team work. In 1900 a group of Americans, then living in England, challenged for the cup, under the1 leadership of Foxhall Keene of the original four, and were defeated. This has been counted as a purely unofficial match, however, and is not reckoned in when it is said that the 1924 games will be the eighth clash between England and America for the title. The United States Polo Association, founded in 18 90, made an attempt to regain the cup in 1902, organizing a team which played a series of three brilliant matches, but suffered final defeat by the scores of 1-3, 6-1 and 7-1. The American four won the first victory, but in the following two games was clearly outplayed by the British team. After several years of unselfish and industrious preparations, Harry Payne Whitney, probably America's greatest polo enthusiast, was authorized to challenge for the cup in 1909. The turning point of American polo history came with this adventure, the team from the United States winning two straight games, 9-5 and 8-2. The team was the famous "Big Four," headed by Whitney and including the Water-bury brothers and Devereux Mil-burn. Twice again this American combination played the British poloists, and twice was it victorious—in 1912 and 1913. In the latter year Louis E. Stoddard had to substitute for J. M. Waterbury, Jr., who was injured. But the English were not content to let the polo title remain out of their hands as long as the Americans had. Another challenging team came over in 1914 and this aggregation return- 'UW England with the cup. Rene La Msntagne hadv taken -Whitney's place on the "Big Four,"-and. the.resulting combination had not been strong- enough to withstand the British attack. During the war there was a general discontinuance of polo, both in the United States and England- and it was not until 1921 that'-• it was possible for another international match to be arranged. Hurlingham accepted the challenge of the United States Polo Association, and, after systematic preparation and.;de-velopment, a team was chosen, consisting of Louis E. Stoddard, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., J. Watson Webb and Dvereux Milburn. The Americans were ready for a bitterly fought series, but won with ease in two games, 11-4 and 10-6. In the last few years polo in America has become much more general a game than ever before. Instead of being confined to a few fashionable clubs, it has spread to the colleges and universities, an intercollegiate tourney being held, and to all army posts. In the West it has been especially popular, the idle cow ponies being put to good use, as the record of the University of Arizona, for example, shows. / FOR THE BEST inrj ICE CREAM SODAS > CAKES -PIES PASTRY - BREAD' AND CANDIES QO TO OPPOSITE ENQ/fiE H0USE\ Towson-Md. ODD O'D O O OOQODODqO SERVICE OF UNSURPASSED EXCELLENCE STEWART & MOWEN COM'PANJf 0 c r o a (W. F. WOODEN. Surcroor) Funeral Directors 108 WEST NORTH AVENUE BALTIMORE, MD TELEPHONE, VERNO.V 1342 ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED TO RENDER IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY CALLS ft ° *~x~:~:-x~:~xk~x~:~:-:~:~:~:-h^^ |