Here is a pretty good summary of polo. You’re on your trusty steed, you’ve been chasing that little white ball, and now you slap it between the goal posts. Well done.

But here’s a forerunner to polo, well turned out gentleman, good hoss and pack of hounds, ready for the hunt. And notice the similarities with polo. Substitute that little white ball for Mr. Fox and you have parallel activities, with the one important difference that you don’t need thousands of acres of unused land for the pursuit, a field 100 x 300 yds., 10 acres, will do very well, and we’ve carried the oldest sport right into the modern world with all its constraints and space restrictions.

If we see polo as the extension of this ancient tradition, we’ll not only bask in such glory as being George Washington’s sporting grandsons. We’ll also ground all of our modern sports on a foundation much solider than merchandising and passive entertainment.

And now the umpire has given the ball back to the players and…..Tally ho, the game is afoot!