Outing . ative an era of reform swept over the landand the race-courses of California werecut up into town lots. For a while the people disconsolately tried to find sport inthe automobile, then they discovered thatpolo is not entirely a rich mans game,that it is as enjoyable to the spectatorwho loves horses as is racing, and in-stantly polo became one of the most pop-ular diversions of the State. This acknowledgment of merit intheir sport by the multitude could notbut have an effect upon the players ofthe game themselves. Although thepolo player is supposed to be the mostaristocratic
Outing . ative an era of reform swept over the landand the race-courses of California werecut up into town lots. For a while the people disconsolately tried to find sport inthe automobile, then they discovered thatpolo is not entirely a rich mans game,that it is as enjoyable to the spectatorwho loves horses as is racing, and in-stantly polo became one of the most pop-ular diversions of the State. This acknowledgment of merit intheir sport by the multitude could notbut have an effect upon the players ofthe game themselves. Although thepolo player is supposed to be the mostaristocratic of sportsmen, he is not im-mune to the applause of an enthusiasticcrowd. Seldom is a polo game playedin California now without a large gal-lery, only a small proportion of whichcomes to the games in its own machinesand applauds with its automobile a result of this encouragement neverhas as fine polo been played in Califor-nia. The dream of a few of the leadersin the sport is being realized. [5S3]. Beadleston PASADENA VS. CORONADOStevenson Burke Hobbs Frank G. Hogan, former president ofthe Pasadena Polo Club and a nativeKentuckian, well expresses the view ofthese men who have worked for long tomake polo a popular sport. To men who love horses the thoughtof the abolition of racing was an unwel-come one, in spite of its abuses, for theybelieved it meant that the breeding offine horses would stop, says Mr. Ho-gan. Then a few of us who playedpolo began to wonder if the game couldnot be popularized and what effect sucha move would have on the players. Weenjoyed our fine animals for polo and itseemed selfish that others could not enjoythem. We decided to make our gamesfree to the public for a few years, andpersuaded the newspapers to devote con-siderable space to them. To-day we have at Pasadena, twelvemiles from a large city, crowds of fromfive to ten thousand people for our tour-naments. More men are becoming in-terested in the game as spectators andmore, also, as players.
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