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Polo (Equestrian game which may be)

an equestrian game, which may be shortly described as hockey on horseback. It is of Oriental origin and of high antiquity; indeed, it has been claimed that it can be traced back to 600 в. c. Polo was first played by Europeans in 1863 in Calcutta. Almost the same game exists in Tibet; while native equestrian games more or less closely resembling polo are played in Japan and other parts of the East. Since 1871 many polo clubs have been started in Great Britain and, since 1876, in the United States, as well as wherever Britons are found in the East. The principal British club which makes the rules of the game, is at Hurlingham, near London.