By Horace A. Laffaye

Ever because British squaddies strolling back from India within the mid-nineteenth century brought their place of birth to a fast paced ball online game on horseback, polo has remained the fundamental British game. even if its origins lie in Asia, British pioneers are credited with either modernizing the sport and spurring its unfold around the globe. This quantity chronicles the heritage of polo within the British Isles from its beginnings within the 1860s throughout the summer time of 2011. It recounts the advance of polo golf equipment, together with the increase and fall of as soon as powerful citadels of the sport; describes the foremost competitions and lots of of the lesser tournaments in England and eire; and offers specific awareness to foreign contests. Biographical sketches of most sensible avid gamers, from early innovators to present superstars, and reflections on present matters affecting the sport, together with the increase of commercialism and the reduce of civility and sportsmanship, entire this bright landscape of British polo.

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