Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Foreword by Chris Ashton 1 Preface 4 1. How Polo Started in Argentina 9 2. The First Clubs and Polo in the Hinterland 16 3. The Game Is Organized: The Polo Association of the River Plate 28 4. The Oldest Clubs: Venado Tuerto, Hurlingham, Media Luna and Las Petacas 33 5. Early Championships 1893-1900 40 6. First International Game and Tours to England 50 7. Early Prominent Polo Families 57 8.

 Palermo: Polo's Cathedral 66 9. The P.A.R.P. Championships Prior to the Great War 71 10. 1914, Changes to the Rules, and All That 80 11. 1922, a Time for Change: Polo Became Argentine 93 12.

 Polo in the 1920s 105 13. Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo 1923-1930 119 14. Gold Medals Only: The Olympic Games 128 15. Argentina versus U.S.A.: The Cup of the Americas 1928-1936 136 16. The Big Clubs: Growth and Evolution of Los Indios, Tortugas and Coronel Suárez 147 17.

 Visitors from Foreign Lands 152 18. Argentine Tours Overseas 165 19. Don Paco Ceballos and the National Handicap Championship 177 20. The Argentine Open Championship in the 1930s 185 21. The Years of the Great Depression 194 22. The War Years and the Aftermath 1940-1950 207 23. El Trébol and Venado Tuerto: The Glorious Days of the Giants 218 24. The Changing of the Guard 237 25.

 The Growth of the Game 1950-1960 251 26. The Cup of the Americas 1950-1980 259 27. The Aristocrat of Polo: The Times of Juancarlitos Harriott 272 28. The Days of Coronel Suárez versus Santa Ana 293 29. The Expansion of the Game in the 1970s 309 30. Argentine Military Polo 321 31. Travels Abroad and the Development of Professionalism 332 32. Argentina and the Federation of International Polo 344 33.

 The Era of La Espadaña 354 34. Myths in Argentine Polo 371 35. The Decade of ­Indios-Chapaleufú 375 36. 2005-2013: The Years of Ellerstina and La Dolfina 402 37. International Matches in the 21st Century and Some Final Thoughts 419 Appendix A. Polo Championships 429 Appendix B. Polo Pony Awards 460 Appendix C. Presidents of the Asociación Argentina de Polo 463 Appendix D.

 List of Polo Clubs in Argentina 464 Chapter Notes 478 Bibliography 486 Index 488.