286 POLO 



govern it, how it should be played, the ponies used, &c., but of 

 famous players who by their exertions and precept have tended 

 to make it what it is. Even those who are most intolerant of 

 sport cannot but acknowledge that polo is a fine and manly 

 game, and one that has the advantage of being devoid of that 

 element of gambling which has tended so much to degrade 

 many of our other sports. For it is a sport that induces men 

 to run personal risks for mere honour and glory, a refreshing 

 reflection in these days, when the widely different terms of 

 ' sportsman ' and ' sporting man ' are so frequently confused by 

 the ignorant. 



