The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-19
MONEY VERY NECESSARY

| OF Cash, They VIII Want to
Play-Rich,
Not
GBy Hal Sheridan, Written for the
United Press.]
| NEW YORK, une 19.-Polo! They II
have played the international polo
matches in New York and as it has
! been some time since polo has broken
away from association with the lost
and found columns a little brushing
up is probably needed to fully appre-
iciate all we have heard about 1t. The
! class will therefore turn to Page 8,
Chapter G. It will be observed on tax
ing a look that Uncle Noah Webster
defines polo as "a game of ball Of I
eastern origin resembling hockey, Y
with the players on horseback" But !
to go further in our research as to I
I the causes and effect of polo, we |
might say for the benefit OF the
masses that polo is shiny" on horse
DuSNs lC SuPCiio1ity ONOi thC ANY 4
shiny game Of our childhood Is |
readily seen. It is the horses shins |
that are cracked, not yours-or We
should say, not the players as polo
players are In the minority, else all
acciden companies would have been
gasping for breath and looking for
: kindly, considerate receivers long ago.
= 1t requires several things to play
polo. First, and most important, 1t is
e absolutely necessary to have suffi-
g cient wherewi.hal in the bank to pay
g funeral expenses and enable the fam
lily to keep up front in case you are
n suddenly taken off. Then again, one
d must have enough to put several
Il ponies in the stable, it being neces-
r sary to have reserve supply In case
it the one In use breaks leg or neck,
n or otherwise renders itself more or
o less useless. You must also qualify
e as member of this club"-which
II means additional cash-and have your
Is business In such shape that the adj
A. ministrators will be table to settle the
e estate without great difficulty. AT
IS leas. your business should be in
IN shape to hobble along for a month
Or or SO while you are having leg a
Is half dozen ribs or SO, neck or an
II arm put together in the hospital.
in This being the year of an English
n invasion" and polo being an afternoon
III affair, one should also cultivate the
IN habit of drinking tea at 5 o'clock. Oh
10 yes, I say. That cawn't be avoided
mr. And he ladies will be present and
"a, there's the society end to do. Having
thus outlined the requirements 1t may
be safe to say that If you escape
whole from the game, it will only bs
the charm of the ladies with whom
is you may take a cup of tea after
hard game that will save you from be
nd ing killed jolly we'll right.
Polo, "NoodIes" Game.
Taken at large there are two psy
- Geological effects produced by pole
ny One brings the desire to have enoug
ar money to play the game. The othe
ala llbrings the firm determination that
err you had enough money you wouldn'
Ing Teasing the old family horse into
lev good healthy kick, falling down stair
me or most any sport Of that sort, wi
produce a broken arm or leg wtthor
n the degree of uncertainty connecte
7 with polo. At such amusements 20
9 know just when it is going to happe
and can have your room reserved
the hospital But in polo you may Iii
= ger for days, weeks or months befor
Z the bump is delivered.
In playing the game, one OF the
De- complishments is to have your por
SO trained that when his feet becon
tangled or wound around an oppo
| ent's mallet, he will fall as graceful
Ing as possible and cover small amou
ing of territory in the descent thus pc
ma hitting you to have a chance OF {
lily cape. If you get from under yo
lect own pony you are pretty safe, ou-si
iary OF the chances of having an oppo
ome ent's mount step on your eye. pc
pony that understands just when a.
E. who to kick is the most valuat
2 mount. The average pony, as MI.
J 4 Kipling has told is intelligent and
rare asse. to the game.
Having mounted your pony
Gel taken UP your position on the fig
son with the three other members OF I
1ore team, the referee will throw the b
lgin into play and one player from ca
was side will dash madly for it. Ea
will man is armed with long-handl
was mallet-the mallet part peing aDe
but six inches long and three inches
the diameter. The working part Of
acct. mallet is the long side, not the end.