Though neatly two years have passed since the last game of polo was played in Shanghai, this grand game has by no means died out,'as may have been supposed, and after a few evenings' practice, the first game with full sides was played on Wednesday, vu the polo ground inside the race course. Play was anything but fast, but this could only be expected at first, half the men Doing now hands, and all the ponies strange to it, with the exception of Mr. Hall's mount in which we ised an old warrior. However, the new men seem thoroughly keen on it that we may anticipate repetitions of the slashing games we used to witness three and four years ago, although so many of the original players erenow absent. 'The sides were very evenly matched, and after forty minutes' play the game resulted in a draw, neither side having scored.
The following were the sides RED AND BLUE, BLUE AND WHITE, H. £, Gaddam, C. 0. Liddell, Hegnauer. R. de Malherbe, E, Hall. A. Ross (Capt.) W. Munro.
'A.J. Rowand, Wickham (Capt.)
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