This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Polo in America A Survey of History and Play
A detailed account traces polo’s arrival in the U United States from England in 1871 after earlier roots in Persia and India. It covers club growth, key figures like August Belmont and H. P. Whitney, international competition, pony development, and the sport’s public appeal and venues such as Narragansett Pier and Meadow Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Herald Co
Ali Riphta
Point Judith
Narragansett Prier
van Cortlandt Park
Bala
Philadelphia
Persia
England
India
Hussats
Lancers
Hounslow Heath
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Lord Mandeville
Bache Cunard
William Jay
S. Hawland
Hermann Orlrichs
Frederick Bronson
Fairman Rogers
G. R. Fearing
Hollis Hunnewell
Salm Mott
VW. RK
American Polo Association
Messrs
W. W. Robins
C. A. Robins
Howard Stokes
H. J. Montague
G. W. Eider
Arthur Sewell
Adolf Ladenburg
Grierson
New Brighton
Long Island
Belmont
Narragansett Gun Club
Mr. Bennett
Pierre Lorillard
FE. W. Davis
Carmll Bryce
Poto Cink
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Westchester
Queens
Westchester Country Club
Queens Country Club
Barry Oelrichs
F. Garry Griswold
August Belmont
Hermann Oelrichs
Carroll Bryce
F. T. Iselin
W. C. Sanford
Center Hitchcock
Manhattan Polo Club
Sixth Avenue
110Th Street
Meadow Brook
Rockaway
Thomas Aitchcosk
Foxhall &. Keene
H. K. Herbert
James M. Waterbury
Larry
Marie” Waterbury
Harvard College
Raymond Belmont
Fgerton Winthrop
Olver Bird
Amos French
Newport
United States
America
T. Hitchcock
John Watson
W.K. Thorn
Santa Monica
Burlingame Polo Club
HL. Herbert
John (. Cowdin
Oliver W. Bird
Douglas Robinson
FE. C. Potter
Jockey Club
B. L. Herbert
American Palo Association
British Isles
Fox
Neene
Larry Witzpatrick
H. P. Whitney
Hurlingham Club
London
Messrs. Devereux Milburn
Monte Waterbury
Meadow Brank
Sam
Mesars
Youis BE. Stoddard
New Haven
Malcolm Stevenson
L. A
Joshua Crane
Dedham
Mass
Paih
Harrison Tweed
Adelbert Ames, Jr
Myopia Hunt Club
Boston
C. Rumsey
J. Cheever Cowdin
Rockaway Hunt Club
Tigh
Réné la Montagne
J. A. Rawlins
H.C. Phipps
J. A. Bunten
Phipps
Von
S. H. Velie
T. A. Velie
J. N. Magill
Kansas City
California
T. J. Driscoll
Walter S. Hobart
John Lawson
Burlingame
Colin G. Rosa
Coronado Country Club
Tom Weiss
Harry Weiss
R. Weiss
Carleton Burke
Pasadena Polo Club
Point Jacitta
Narracansstt Pier
Rilk
Ranelagh
Tropayp
Isutepoenaline