AMERICAN RULES 373 



C. In match games between teams of four (4), there shall be four (4) periods 

 of fifteen (15) minutes each actual play. Two (2) minutes shall be allowed after 

 each goal, and intervals of seven (7) minutes between periods, unless otherwise 

 agreed- 



Under A, B and C, time between goals and delays shall not be counted as 

 actual play. 



ELIGIBILITY. 



6. — A member of a club which is a men\ber of the Polo Association shall not 

 play any match games with or against any club which is not a member of the 

 Association, nor shall any player play on the team of any club of which he is not 

 a member, except on written consent of the Committee, and the approval of the 

 captains of the teams entered. 



7. — A player shall be handicapped with but one club at a time. 



8. — A player shall not play for the same prize on more than one team or pair. 



Any player in his first tournament events shall be handicapped at not less than 

 two goals and shall so continue until changed by the Committee. 



ENTRIES. 



9, — Entries for tournament events shall be made in writing, naming the pro- 

 bable players and substitutes, and be accompanied by an entrance fee of ten (10) 

 dollars for each player, which is to be returned if the team plays, otherwise it is 

 forfeited to the Association. Entries absolutely close on the day announced. 

 No conditional entries shall be received. 



The entrance fee for Championship events shall be one hundred (100) dollars 

 for each team. 



DRAWINGS. 



10. — The drawings for all tournaments shall be made under the Bagnall-Wilde 

 system. (This consists of playing a preliminary round to reduce the number of 

 contesting teams to two, four, eight or sixteen, thus eliminating the bye at once, 

 and putting all contestants on the same footing.) 



UNIFORM. 



II. — Captains shall not allow members of their team to appear in the game 

 otherwise than in Club uniform. 



COLORS. 



12. — The Polo Association colors are white and dark blue. 



CHAMPIONSHIP. 



13. — A. There shall be a Senior and a Junior Championship tournament, the 

 latter immediately preceding the former. The Senior Championship shall be 

 open to teams without limit of handicap. The Junior Championship shall be 

 open to teams whose aggregate handicap does not exceed twenty (20) goals, but 

 this limit is simply to define the class, and all games in both classes shall be 

 played without handicap. 



No player with a higher handicap than five (5) goals on May 15th shall com- 

 pete in the Junior Championship. 



The handicap governing eligibility to Junior Championship teams shall be that 

 in force May 15th of the year in which the championship events take place. 



