Polo.

Manawatu Herald, 14 February 1895, Page 2

Polo.

___* This game appears to have come to stay. It may therefore be interesting to give just one or two notes about it. The game it : described as the game of ball termed hockey . played jOn,. horseback. Ife was introduced into England, froth India, in the year 1872 and soon became popular. Polo is said to have been an old Russian game, mentioned in 1492 under the name of Chugan, and was brought from Persia. History tejlelh^ not where the Persians tt,j jor ? whether they invented it. "~ - "An old hand " iv Hayes: Sport* ing Neios says "of all out-door games Polo is the most scienttfite;? when by the terra scientific is meant, as at whißfr,a combination of forces to effect an end, as opposed to the same forces acting separately. Foiy aat Polo, it is necessary .__*& each of the four players shoald tf/tdat/s be doing his share of the work*'' In 1889 Captain Sa vile presented / a Cup to be played for aonnaUy- hy * the Polo Clubs in New Zealand ,aoJ on the formation of the NevZeftiM-d Polo Association in September 1891 .. the management of the oomnet^otts ; .' was vested in it. , ( v Up to now there have been fitfe^ competitions' for the Cup, acid , the first four years a Christchurch team has been successful. Last year the Rangitikei No. 1 team, consi-tia* -itf Messrs D. G. RiddiforjL A H7BBI. J. G. Wilson and E. P. : . IH«n*gtt carried off the prize. ' ' "T/ ''. ?' J ;' The officers of the New Polo Association are :— Presfdenit, .^. His Excellency the Earl of Glt-^wi" ' Vice-President, Dr Earle; Committee of Management, E. D. O'Rorke, A. E. G. Rhodes, and J. G. Wilson ; Hon. Sec. and Tree., A. E. G. Rhodes. The affiliated clubs are the __nj*ri, Ashburton, Auckland; Noxth OiflMd^ bury, Christchurch, Kihikihi, LaJw Takapuna, Poverty Bayv Bangttpni, Warrengate, Manawatu, Waverley, Hawkes Bay, and Oroua. The neighbouring clubs wear -ft* ; following colours :-~Jlan^fevii|ah» -^ jacket, orange sash and cap; _f_S-' watu, olive green and salmon gink jacket; Warrengate, black and -#J_itft stripes ; Oroua, white jacket, nMtrooh sash and cap. n — »^— mm^mt^mmmm ■— _»