We’d love to have a photograph of cavalrymen playing polo, but sadly, no such image has made its way into our collection. Polo and cavalry, however, have a long history together. The King’s Dragoon Guards played the game during their stay in Niagara from 1838 to 1842, and the Royal Canadian Dragoons also played on the Commons in the 1930s. For cavalry units, polo was more than a spectator sport. It was a useful training tool that allowed riders to hone their skills on horseback while carrying a mallet in one hand, rather than a sword. Nearly 200 years later since that first game, we get to see polo return to the historic Commons. On Sept. 12, come witness the “sport of kings” — the Toronto Polo Club takes to the field for the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum’s Niagara signature fundraiser, Niagara Polo. General admission tickets are still available. We hope to see you there.