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gan (the Persian name for 

 polo), 238 ; descriptions and 

 incidents of chaugan, from 

 Oriental manuscripts, 238- 



252 ; the Persian game, 238- 

 242, 243, 249-252; Persian 

 queen and hand-maidens 

 versusking and courtiers, 241 ; 

 chaugan at the court of the 

 Emperor Comnenus, 242 ; its 

 popularity in Persia in the 

 seventeenth century, 243 ; 

 diffused throughout Europe 

 under various forms and 

 names, 244 ; description of 

 chaugan as played by the 

 Emperor Akbar, 244-247 ; in 

 Central Asia and Thibet, 250 ; 

 a game with human heads for 

 balls, 251; 'mall,' in the 

 time of Charles II., 252 ; the 

 Welsh game of ' knappan ' in 

 Queen Elizabeth's reign, 252 ; 

 derivation of the names 

 'chaugan' and 'polo,' 252, 



253 ; origin of the game in 

 England, 254 ; the first inter- 

 regimental matches, 255 ; the 

 early called ' hockey on horse- 

 back,' 255 ; features of the 

 arly game, 256 ; formation 

 of clubs, 256, 257, 259 ; the 

 game taken up in the pro- 

 vinces and by the Universi- 

 ties, 256 ; changes introduced 

 into the modern game, 257, 

 258; reduction in the num- 

 ber of players, 257 ; the back- 

 hand stroke, 257 ; laying-out 

 of grounds at Hurlingham and 

 Ranelagh, 257 ; rapid spread 

 of the game in Ireland, 257 ; 

 its present condition, 258 ; 



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development of polo through 

 three distinct phases or periods 

 258 ; match between an Eng- 

 lish and a French team at 

 Dieppe, 259 ; progress of the 

 game in Paris, 258 ;'polo in 

 the New World, 259 ; in Mexi- 

 co, 259, 260 ; visit of a Hur- 

 lingham team to the United 

 States, 260 ; the match for the 

 America Cup, 260 ; polo in 

 Africa, 261 ; in Australia, 

 261 ; in Japan, 261-265 (see 

 Japanese polo) ; polo in 

 India,. 266-286 (see under 

 India) ; rules and by-laws of 

 polo, 287-292 ; clubs regis- 

 tered at Hurlingham, 292, 

 293 ; winners of the principal 

 cups, 293-298 ; some famous 

 players and ponies, 332-354 ; 

 breeds of ponies suitable for 

 polo, 306 ; the pure British 

 breeds unfitted for the game, 

 306 ; merits and demerits of 

 thoroughbreds, 306, 308 ; 

 Arabs and Barbs, 308-310 ; 

 Syrian ponies, 310, 311 ; the 

 Indian 'tattoo,' or country- 

 bred horse, 311 ; high prices 

 obtainable for, 312-314; im- 

 proved Exmoors, 314 ; good 

 points of Barb horses, 315 ; 

 history of the Barb ' Awfully 

 Jolly,' 315, 316; difficulty of 

 procuring good Barbs, 316, 

 317; South American ponies, 

 317; New Forest ponies, 317; 

 Connemara ponies, 318 ; the 

 best cross, 318 ; suggestions 

 for improving the breed of 

 ponies, 319; training of ponies 

 for, 321-331 ; a defence of the 



