Army Polo

Because of the rain, the field (at Hurlingham) was mud, a pony slipped; because of the slip, Captain J. B. Dening of the British Army's polo team fell on his poll and suffered a slight concussion of the brain. No one, however, went so far as to suggest that it was because of this lamentable accident that the U. S. team won by 6 goals to 4 the second and deciding game of their series (TiME, June 29) against the British. The former was better mounted, more vigorous. Through the gray drizzle of the afternoon, ambassadors and noblemen sat watching delightedly.

Having thus accomplished what they had come so far to try, the U. S. team took the field in an exhibition game against four thin players from Jedhpur, India. Before the game, these Indians made a great show. Fifty brown grooms in prismatic turbans, 50 ponies around the field while the band played. Watching Americans grinned, thought of the parades of the Veiled Prophets (see Page 25) which they had often witnessed in the U. S. That sort of thing was admirable for Elks, Moose, Kiwanis, Realtors and the like, but, after all, it was not polo. The game began. The Indians, with languid ease, swamped the Americans, 13 to 3.