GREAT VALUE OF POLO

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2505, 19 March 1930, Page 7

GREAT VALUE OF POLO

NEED FDR, ENCOURAGEMENT AN APPEAR TO PARENTS An ear nut, t appeal to parents i,o encourage their soils to respect tlie game of polo was iuudo at the Herriesville polo ground by Captain A. P. White, jircsidont of the Waimai Polo Club. Captain White, who has oO years’ playing experience of polo, in many countries, said he thought it was a groat pity that parents did not encourage their sons to take more interest .in the wonderful game, of polo, which called for the qualities of manliness and courage. The young man of to-day was too much attracted to the valueless passing pleasures attendant on attendance at cinemas and the-driving of motor ears.

“’lf .our New Zealand boys could be encouraged to play the game of polo which is enjoying a lung-overdue revival in every country in the world, 1 am sure New Zealand as a. nation would ba immeasurably benefited. For this reason I appeal t° all parents here to-day to give their boys every encouragement to play polo. 11 is the finest game in tlie world, and calls for speed, coolness and courage —qualifies which are vital to the prestige of New Zealand’s fine athletic record in all parts of the world.”