| Show A SEW NEW GAME the british aristocracy is looking up it has invented or discovered a new game and bas bab gone in for it with a fresh enthusiasm which shows bow groundless are the charges sometimes brought against it of being worn out and effete the new game is called polo and Is ia simply the old game of hockey which is much played at by vulgar little boys under another name and with in one respect an important variation as to the mode of playing it the players of polo are mounted on horseback and the tho game may be presumed to be proportionately elevated last tuesday six officers of the life guards and six officers of the ninth lancers another crack regiment aeRl aeri ment played a match at polo in windsor park in id presence of the prince and princess of wales and a distinguished gathering it was an extremely pretty pre tty sight and as near an Ep approach to a tournament of pid os do modero modern habits and nd circumstances will permit the knigh knights th were nod nol clad in mail but in flannel jera eya buckskin breeches breeched and gaiters alters aiters and with natty little caps on their hea bea heads ds they were armed not with lan ian lances ces but with long hockey sticks with a straight hock at one end and a leather loop through which they could pass pats the handak nandi at the other they were mounted on stout active little ponies onies which had bad their ford fore legs bandaged as a prec precaution amion aUlon against uly ugly blows with the hockey sticks the com eom combatants harants were distinguished by different colors one side having p and aud jerseys of white and red llod and t the he iber ther of purple the blues turned out a squadron f guar guardsmen guardsman guards dimen men with shining aaning breast brease plats plates aud nud waving plumes to keep the ground the ban i of the regiment in its rioh rich uniform of white and gold was also present and there was a ff rea resplendent A ettrum trumpeter peter in cloth of gold with il a silver trumpet to summon the knights and sound the onset tnie the umpire threw the tho ball a wooden one into the midst of the groundland ground and at once the game commenced first the ball was wm driven drives close cloae up to the guard bend send enu end then right away to the lancers now the h horsemen freemen orb ore emen or pony men clashed together over it with a rattle of sticks and shouts of battle now they suddenly opened out and scattered b here ere and there in chase of the ball another rush would bring them all together in a heap hesp I 1 hopelessly entangled as aa ed and the ball by an adroit stroke would be sen ben sent bent t flying through the air aar and off raced the caval cavallers cavaliers cava liers lers pell mell after it hockey sticks were shattered to splinters in the melee one of the play players erb ere ethe athe the marquess of worcester the duke of beaufort son bon ha had bad ad his head bead cracked by an accidental blow but wenton playing as soon as he be had bad wiped the blood from hia his face and be fore the end of the game some of the ponies began to limp and to look as if they thought that they at least had had enough of this kind of fun it was a brilliant afternoon the meadow where the encounter took place is backed by the grand old glades of windsor forest and tha troopers in iun their glistening belmeta helmets and ba aalberts halberts lberts the snowy tents pitched for the prince and princess and their thein burte suite the long lines ot of four horse drags and carriages and the rainbow tinted assemblage of fair ladies ladles attired in the richest and gayest style of art gave varlet variety yand and animation to th the escene seene yesterday the blues and lancers played another match ot woolwich before a more mixed body of spectators people in thousands flocked down to woolwich to see the new prodigy and it is certainly very kind of lords and gentlemen of high degree to exert themselves in this vigorous way and in such hot weather for the amusement of the muses masses now that we have hockey on horseback it is suggested that there should be croquet a cheval and there is no saying how bow far the new principle of equestrian zing izing popular pas imps may be carried london cor N Y times 8 |
