Polo's challenge: sporting innocence versus modern demands

FT
In February 1922, one of the greatest polo matches of all time took place in Delhi. Even allowing for exaggeration, no other match has ever attracted such an illustrious crowd: among the 150,000 spectators that day was the future King Edward VIII; Lord Reading, then viceroy of India; Lord Mountbatten, who would become the last viceroy; and 50 Indian maharajas. They had come to watch two star teams, Jodhpur and Patiala, battle for the national championship.

Jodhpur had a 20-year-old grudge...