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Polo originated 'somewhere east of Suez' but exactly where has never been determined. There is pictorial proof that it was played many centuries ago in Persia, Japan, China and Tibet, but it reached England by way of a border tribe in India known as Manipuri. British army officers in India, about 1860, found the Manipuri playing polo and learned the game from them. The fact that the Manipuri used small native horses, they had no other, was the reason for the early height limit (14 hands) with no polo mounts, from which arose the custom of calling them 'polo ponies', which was abandoned in 1919.
In 1869 some officers of the 10th Hussars, returning from India, introduced the game in England and informal games were played with as many as eight players on a side. Formal competition at Hurlingham, the great shrine of the game, began in 1876 with five players on a side, which number was cut to four in 1882. In 1884 an outstanding English player by the name of John Watson invented the backhand stroke and much improved the tactics of the game.
Riding and polo were introduced into Thailand in the reign of King Variravudh by those who were good horsemen and took up riding as a form of exercise. These people founded a riding and polo club.
On free days, the club members would come and spend some time riding and playing polo. The game of polo has been seriously practised and played in Thailand since. Matches have been organized both in the country and abroad. The standard of polo playing in Thailand is fairly high, but because this kind of sport involves very heavy expenses it is somewhat limited to the very few who can afford it. Thai polo teams have competed internationally.
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