The Evolution of Polo

Horace A. Laffaye (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

364 Seiten

2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3814-3 (ISBN)

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Traces the evolution of Polo from its origins in Central Asia to its manifestation as a professional sport that attracts wealthy sponsors and patrons. This sociological study examines how polo has changed according to the economic and cultural differences of the nations and continents where it is played.

Tracing the evolution of polo from its origins in Central Asia to its current manifestation as a professional sport that attracts wealthy sponsors and patrons, this sociological study examines how polo has changed according to the economic and cultural differences of the nations and continents where it is played. One hundred historic and modern photographs are included.

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 Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Nigel à Brassard

Preface

PART I : THE TRIBESMEN

1. Folk Games: From the Silk Road to the Manipuri Valleys

2. An Ancient Pastime Discovered by Western Eyes

PART II : THE ARISTOCRATS

3. 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 photographs

PART III : THE AMATEURS

13. 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 PROFESSIONALS

23. 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. Hartopp

Mess Paper, 1869

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2009
Zusatzinfo	101 photos (17 in color), appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	658 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
ISBN-10	0-7864-3814-2 / 0786438142
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3814-3 / 9780786438143
Zustand	Neuware