Modern polo . [M. H. HAYES. Fig. 17.—Back galloping for back-hander, hustled by No. i. play entirely for themselves, and always have a hitat the ball when they get a chance, regardless ofinstructions or exhortations from comrades or can assure these gentlemen that they make thegreatest mistake, and that, by being too eager, theyoverride the line, and spoil their own sport. Thus, byignoring the grand principle of give and take, eachman, instead of having only four opponents, will have COMBINATION. 31 six or seven to contend against in his jostle for the a player should remem
Modern polo . [M. H. HAYES. Fig. 17.—Back galloping for back-hander, hustled by No. i. play entirely for themselves, and always have a hitat the ball when they get a chance, regardless ofinstructions or exhortations from comrades or can assure these gentlemen that they make thegreatest mistake, and that, by being too eager, theyoverride the line, and spoil their own sport. Thus, byignoring the grand principle of give and take, eachman, instead of having only four opponents, will have COMBINATION. 31 six or seven to contend against in his jostle for the a player should remember that if he plays anunselfish game, and leaves the ball to a comrade whenasked to do so, that comrade will in his turn accom-modate him. Consequently, if all the side playunselfishly and for each other, not only is the game asa whole enormously improved, but each player will getfar more fun out of it. Only a few years ago, polo was taught, especially in. Photo hy] [J. Wood. Fig. 18.—Blue pulls up, instead of hustling white. regiments, on rigid, not to say wooden, lines. No. iwas often made to play without a stick at all, or evenif he had one, he was not allowed to use it ; and wastold that his sole object was to nurse the opposingBack, and ride him off (Fig. 17) to clear the wayfor his No. 2, who had a real good time, and wasfrequently what we would now call a loafer. Thatis to say, he hung about in the wake of his No. i, oroutside a scrimmage, did no real work, except whenhe got an opening, and would then probably make a 32 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF POLO. [Chap. II. most brilliant run, and thus earn all the kudos fromthe on-lookers. Only his own side, and perhaps hisopponents, would know that he was really the mostuseless man in the team. When I speak of a manwho does no real work, I refer to one who is always onthe look-out for openings, and who, when he cannotdash in at the ball, canters about and does not try tohinder an opponent (
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