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ANNOUNCER: Polo is a spectator sport which uses an announcer to communicate to the crowd what is going on in the game. BUMP: A player may ‘ride off’ or bump his opponent off the line of the ball, removing him from play. A bump cannot endanger either horse or rider; the player riding off must be going the same speed and at nomore than a 45 degree angle as the player he is pushing to the side. CHUKKER: The American polo game is divided into six chukkers lasting a maximum of 7 1/2 minutes each. A horn (or bell) is sounded two minutes before each chukker; two horns sound at the time the chukker is to commence, and a single horn sounds to indicate that 30 seconds remain in the chukker. At the end of 7 1/2 minutes of elapsed timed, a horn will sound twice to terminate the chukker.
DIVOT STOMPING: This old time polo tradition encourages spectators to walk onto the field at half time to stomp and place back the small pieces of turf disturbed by the hooves of the horses in the course of play. FIELD: The outdoor polo field is 300 yds. long and 160 yds. wide, larger than nine football fields. When polo is played in an indoor arena, unlike outdoor polo, which is played on a 10-acre field, arena polo is played on a 300 ft. by 150 ft. field, enclosed by walls of four or more feet in height. FOUL: A foul or penalty is an infringement of the rules. The umpires blow their whistles at a foul, the time stops , and a free hit is allowed by the team which was fouled. The time starts again when the fouled player swings at or hits the ball.
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