20 JUNE 1914, Page 3

Even in a crowded week we must try to find

space to chronicle the victory of the English polo team. On the first day's play their score was si goals to 3 and on the second 4 to 21. This British victory will, we sincerely hope, do something to silence the idiotic talk about our degeneracy in the matter of games, sports, and horsemanship. No doubt the rest of the world has come on amazingly in such matters, but we are certain that we keep unimpaired our old skill and virility, if not our absolute supremacy. Base is the man who wants to win rather than to play a good game. If that view once got hold of the nation we should indeed be degenerate.