The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-16
THE GAME OF POLO.


As our Northern young men, manly though they be.
are m's' VI 'Ne' us'o,V 'sno'an' VI mo equestrian
ar' anu a'e supremacy iiu'cuious IN the saddle,
have striven from the very foundation of our
;o,rnaI IN insnire in the voutb M both 49,.
,., -" 'oAes
taste lor horsepacK exercise. railing so far,
though we have by means abandoned the At
,nn, 20 ca, nm s,hscr;n,,on nooL e.. g., -,
'p ~ o. ~ f M IVA hunting,
we nan win pressure Inc advent OIL inc indian game of
spolo ~ now SO popular in England as the next heat
min, N a Az we Iearn that IN. o-an,.o,,.. -
s"'"e '. :" .,,". ~ o'san'A'''o" VI
foio cruz Is no" IN nanus "nch never a IN what they
undertake. we republlsh for the information of our
vor,r mon Tho foiIou,ng sr.nhic d.so.,r,,o. - a.,
young mon 'no ioio"'"s si~pn'' inscription Oh the
Teleoraph:-
r. ,oarn how min shor,d ns n,ov., sro,, -,
~ Ma;dan =. Caion,t. 49,. ps slonu an nouI
on Sn' arnr sra nai,o;,r a. Ia @
uaI Mrninnris 10 not Coz poo iouLseen
s .,- H. go =, NJ I-.. ionont ucsne
obar anptIsmen whose nnvers u,,h ,b any =, me
osnei s1nS,nS pnt re VIZ sne Poio SICK
,noro - NO. an odm,rsr Of nolo at boma 90 h., ahas
rd 20 nSse 90 award he n OF nere VINO
49, reSas,ars oS the same IL is xi,h % ,i 70
.nose ieao ths .:od win no snau ieei-
ny ~ po1o va,.h =, ,bIch - invI.a.ion TO
n.enu Po Vna' maven, n, ~ion was expected the
,tinS -, rrao,, w az 80 .I ~ see Tue
who drst taught india and through india Engl.nd
~, iass.r, as,hiaic dyarsIon us,. Ill ~, ,
h a,1 po na'ntainea bad hean air"oS h Sneai snu
n pol when The savares heat tie sIi"d lev rev
y 30 Caicr,t. With ran,Sitv and go ,h, sS
srnr;sed ,hs Euronsans ana aneurs hadiw a. IVY
V,cerov,s bodvcuard whenever the match bciwsnn
niaca "-' ~ '"~sS
:, 1yas sorr o,rlock vhen nv tho .,a q, ro,,..r
who gently whipped INV recalcitrant coscbman
% annaar,nca oS ,he unn,nnr Io,hs h so
and their ponies were ready for anvtbine These
,ter ware scarcely over eloven hands hsh h, @
s,ronr ne lions and as aeet AZ deer somoubsf sb"
hn, nndcr extraord,oarv Control The ssddss 49,.
broad and had the front turned over in
snch wav as 10 give the rider the noss,ba
Grin the stirrp feathers so short that the S nc
player were actually higher than the TOP OF the saddle
r. guard The danks NJ The nonv an e,tber s,d shs.
piece Of hide about eighteen inches deep and two fer
long hung ,srongiy secured by thongs OF leather ana
20 give additional protection to the Knees Of the
rider this hide was also turned round M the
ends For the rest the trappnrs OF the
ponies were very ornate WoolIen rosettes
and halls az varied colors hung ali aropnd ther,
crying a nrettv effect whom The animals werc IN 1919
motion The men were habited in a turban tightly
fastened on TO the head close lifting Jackets seven
snanges On their legs were thick eatbcr Guards
Extending little above the knees Fastened 10 Their
Len wrists were the thongs OF a wbip short white
gown completed their dress The sticks they used
were about four feet six inches i'm length
made OF the lghtest bamboo, with the GROSS
psed Mt RnrIinRham or indeed in Calcutta There
were throo ridicuousy dressed men for keeping the
grouud each clad IN a long white gown ana can
Win three po,nts az the exact pattern worn nv Enc
lish clowns and wanting only the bcs 70 DO the pcT
facton OF uplness The bali used was about the s,vo
e0or ,no, hall and vas made from ,h ~, =, s ,
b.mhoa ha,nO Subjected 10 n driving nrocess ,as,,,1
over nearly year before at for use There were no
vosi nosts. The area which was in Tho forn of :.
DISQUALIFICATION vas marked ont nv 4 deenIv cut linz
T. ,ha crasa over which The MIA vers dd ~, has,t,o
=, nah occas,onaIlv 10 the disoomasura an serror
or the onlookers -
IA. lerr,b he nJavcra m noa them uron to
close 10 zach other tho dark Jackets fac,
~ north The hall Is thrown I'm and the game hcgns
n carght mn and sent whrIno over The heads ~ The
d.rS S.ssa. Heller ekeI,ey thev 70 in terr,hia rsh
a. 1870 n.rt rrards cIatcrnr AGAINST th" ssdns =,
az saddIs WITH d Noise bta thai ~ ANAL drnr,s
sho wh,tc hall Constantly IN The air hnt ssiiI
1910. raaror ami neeror the eoai ~ az
SrI ,,ck.ts They 6yht with tremcndons
S-.u~- 80 "A ono nomcnt raIlv 10 s,rnnsIr 80
y. 49,. ,ha,, onnonen,s bact some yards Rn9 = a.
oniU sor a. ,nstant Tho nert sees a White ,act a