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POLO: A GAME OF TWO HALVES ; Polo is booming in super-rich Britain. But is the season being marred by friction between old toffs and brash newcomers? Rob Sharp reports ++ Class war between chukkas
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The Independent - London
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July 21, 2007
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For Britain's growing army of polo-lovers, the next two weekends
should, weather permitting, be ones to remember. At Cowdray Park
tomorrow, some of the richest and most beautiful members of the high-
flying classes will gather for a day of champagne, socialising and
sport at the final of the Veuve Clicquot G old Cup. The following
week, at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park, they will
repeat the experience at the Cartier International Polo Tournament.
A splendid time should, in theory, be had by all. But the word is
that, this year, a certain nastiness is threatening to blight the
sport's big days.
The problem, in brief, is this. Polo, since the beginning of a
bygone age, has ...
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