CHAPTER V 



POLO 



IN the space that can be afforded In a book , 

 such as this It would be Impossible even 

 to touch on all that could be said of polo. 

 Moreover, In another work I have said almost 

 all that I have to say on the theory and prac- 

 tice of the game. My course now Is plainly to 

 follow out the plan suggested by the title of 

 this book, and treat polo from the point of 

 view of the rider. I shall also assume that 

 those who read these pages will be Interested 

 in counsels which may tend to economy in 

 expenditure. A great deal has been written 

 on the cost of polo, and many people are still 

 of opinion that it Is a very expensive game in 

 England. It would be more true, perhaps, to 

 say that it has been played in a somewhat ex- 

 travagant style. The Introduction of the game 

 inU) Enu-land b\' two crack cavalrv rei>"iments 



