Polo in the United States

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 Dennis J. Amato     

Introduction     



Part I. The Herbert Era, 1876–1921

1. The Beginnings of All Things Polo in America     

2. The First International Games     

3. Polo Across the Land     

4. The Founding Clubs and the Organization of the Polo Association     

5. Individual Handicaps and the Major Polo Tournaments     

6. The Westchester Cup: The Pre- War Years     

7. American Polo Players in the Olympic Games     



Part II. Full Blossom: The Age of Hitchcock, 1922–1939

8. The Roaring Twenties at Home: West of the Mississippi     

9. The Roaring Twenties at Home: East of the Mississippi     

10. The Open Championship After World War I     

11. The Golden Era of the International Matches     

12. Polo During the Depression     

13. The Open Championship until the War     

14. The Game at the Universities     

15. Polo in the Military     



Between pages 180 and 181 are 8 color plates containing 22 photographs



Part III. The Road to Recovery, 1946–1975

16. The Home Front, 1946–1960     

17. International Contests After the War     

18. Women’s Polo in America     

19. Indoor Polo     

20. Polo at Home, 1961–1975     



Part IV. American Contemporary Polo

21. The International Panorama     

22. Polo in America in the Late Twentieth Century     

23. The Literature of Polo in the United States     

24. American Polo in Art     

25. American Polo in the Twenty- First Century     

26. Current Polo Issues in the United States     



Appendix 1. Rules of the California Polo Club, 1876     

Appendix 2. Clubs Affiliated to the Polo Association, 1890–1900     

Appendix 3. Henry L. Herbert’s Handicap List, 1888     

Appendix 4. Players’ Handicaps in 1888, 1890 and 1891     

Appendix 5. Winners of Major Championships, 1890–1921     

Appendix 6. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship     

Appendix 7. Winners of the U.S. Women’s Polo Association Open Championship     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index