Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-09
WHAT IS POLO?
 WHENCE IT CAME?
Frank Menke Answers Queries for Benefit of
 Graphic Readers.
(By Frank G. Menke.)

New York, June S-Pony polo comes into it's OWL again tomorrow when the AmeriaA and English teams meet at Mcadowbrook, Long Island, in the first game of the ser ies to decide the championship for the coming year.
 And today, from many sides, comes the double barrelled question, where did polo originate and what are it's rules?
 somewhere back in 900 A. D. It was called kan-ai-baZee. The game was played differently than it is today, it's rules were far different. and the style of play entirely foreign to that of the present day, yet the principle Of the game remains unchanged through the centuries
 Many years ago some British army officers. who had beea in Persia and played the game there, introduced it into England. It's popularity was instantaneous. England went wild over the game, that is, fashionable and wealthy England, for polo is a game that anly the rich can play because it means the expenditure of thousands of dollars each year for polo ponies.
 In 1876 James Gordon Bennett in troduced the game into the United States. He had played the game in England, and had taught his Ameri- can friends the principles of play. game finally was staged in the old Jerome park, New York, and so en- ioc fho participated that they formed the Westchester Polo club, the first of it's kind i'll the country.
 Admission to the playing field was by invitation only until late in 1877 and then the general public was ad- mitted for fee. The public, here, as in England, enthused over the thrilling game, and other clubs were started There are hundreds of them in America today, and the players are legion.
 : Polo may be played with three on side. or four on a side. Not only the international game but practic- ally all the other games are played With four men on a side.
 A goal counts one point. To be counted a goal the ball must pass between the goal posts, or above the top of the goal posts, and between the two posts.
 The goal posts are similar to those used in football games, with the ex- ceptlon that they have no cross uar. The posts are "A feet apart and 10 feet high, and are light enough 10 break if collded with.
 iC of CT covering than white paint, and does not exceed five ounces in weight, and is only Is inches in diameter.
 The field is 900 feet long and 45o feet wide. Wooden railings about two feet in height are run along the sides, and any ball batted over the railing is out of bounds. The rallings are only lightly built, and give way when horse crashes against them. In ordinary games the height of the ponies is limited to IA 1-2. but the height rule has been waived i1 the matches that will Start tomorrow.
 match game consists of eight periods, technically known as chuk- kers. These chukkers are each of z 1-2 minutes duration. A three minute rest is permitted between each chukker except between the fourth and fifth chukker when seven minutes is allowed.
 The teams change goals after a score has been made.
 A safety shall count as minus one quarter, and foul counts as minus one-half in the scoring. For in stance. if a team scores two goals and then commits two fouls and a safety it is penalized 1 IA goals leaving it's net score at only S-4 of a goal
 Careless or unnecessarily danger ous riding on the part of the pIav- CTS, unnecessary pumping, roughness failure to give a player the right of way, crossing in his parh when he has the right of way, the cruel use Of spurs on horses, striking the oony or an adversary and about two doz- en other such stunts are barred bv the polo rules Infraction of some of these rules gives the referee mower to fine the player, order him out of the game and also to penalize his