Evolution of Polo

The late Horace A. Laffaye was a polo player and surgeon. He was on the board of directors of the Museum of Polo and was chairman of the Polo Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. His writings on the game included several books and many articles in magazines in North America, Argentina and England. He lived in Durango, Colorado.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by Nigel à Brassard      Preface      PART I : THE TRIBESMEN1. Folk Games: From the Silk Road to the Manipuri Valleys      2. An Ancient Pastime Discovered by Western Eyes      PART II : THE ARISTOCRATS3. The European Journey      4. The British Carry the Flag      5. Polo in India: Conflicts and Harmonies      6. The Beginning of the Internationals      7. Polo Myths: Billiard Ball, Walking Sticks, and All That      8. The British Clubs      9. Fashionable Chic: Polo on the Continent      10. American Polo Comes of Age      11. The Anglo-Argentines: Squires or Gauchos?      12. Olympic Interlude      Between pages 126 and 127 are eight color plates containing 17 photographsPART III : THE AMATEURS13. The Mighty Americans      14. Of Lords and Ladies      15. The Game in the Former Dominions      16. The Cup of the Americas      17. The Hallowed Grounds: Hurlingham, Meadow Brook and Palermo      18. Return from War: The Internationals      19. The Rise of Argentina      20. England’s Recovery: Gentlemen Players and Hired Assassins      21. Polo in America in the Late Twentieth Century      22. Bits and Pieces, Strokes and Mallets      PART IV : THE PROFESSIONALS23. Patrons and the Dawn of Professionalism      24. Women’s Polo      25. The Game’s Thinkers      26. The Evolution of the Rules      27. On Umpiring      28. The Polo Pony: From Tats to Thoroughbreds      29. The State of the Game in the Twenty-First Century      Appendix A: The Code of Rules for the Silchar Polo Club, 1863      Appendix B: The Field, 20 March 1869, Letter to the Editor      Appendix C: The Rules of the Game, as Drafted by Lt. HartoppMess Paper, 1869      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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