46 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



and its growth under the auspices of the Hurl- 

 ingham Club naturally spread the idea that 

 polo led to considerable expenditure on the 

 part of those who played the game. And of 

 London polo this is no doubt true. The mere 

 keeping of two or three ponies in London is 

 expensive, the subscription to Hurlingham and 

 Ranelagh is considerable, and some expenses 

 are incurred in travelling to those pleasant 

 resorts. In country and suburban clubs, how- 

 ever, the case is different. Stansted, Eden 

 Park, the London Polo Club, Wimbledon 

 Park and Kingsbury are very moderate in 

 their subscriptions, and the expenditure re- 

 quired in the game is not large. Still more 

 moderate is the outlay necessary^ for the polo 

 player who has a county club at hand. Since 

 the last of the formal treatises on the game has 

 been published, county polo has made great 

 advances, and the country players have an 

 association of their own, with headquarters at 

 12, Hanover Square. Thus in country dis- 

 tricts where polo clubs exist, the would-be 

 player can enjoy a game if he can afford to 

 keep two or three ponies — no very expensive 

 matter in the country. 



"Yes," I can imagine the reader objecting, 

 " that is all very well, but the ponies I need to 

 keep are polo ponies, and I have always under- 



