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Show POLO npHE University of Utah Polo team has once more swung into the limelight of college interest. 4*- Each year the school is showing more enthusiasm toward this sport; one of the fastest games in the world, it calls for such qualities as expert horsemanship, skill, daring, and nerve which will bring out the most in a man. In the April issue of "College Humor" there appeared an article written by Captain Murray, R. 0. T. C. instructor in charge of the polo team. "Polo at the University of Utah," Captain C. F. Murray tells us, "was an active sport as far as the game played among the students themselves was concerned in 1928-29, but due to the great expense of a trip and the time to the nearest college, which is five hundred miles away, no intercollegiate games were played. However, this year it is hoped to arrange two games with a team in Colorado, one to be played there, and one in Salt Lake City. Captain Murray hasn't much to say about his squad, but stated that of his seventy R. O. T. C. mounts, twenty have played the game for three or four years and ten more are coming along as prospects. The University at Salt Lake City is in the heart of a good horse country and it is expected that as polo gets a stronger hold here, means will be found to bring other teams in and for the team to play at other colleges. The University Polo Teat Page 234 |