auto polo

English

Noun

auto polo (uncountable)

1. (historical) A motorsport resembling equestrian polo but using automobiles instead of horses.
   • 1935, Northwest Dentistry, page XXVI:

     We understand that he tried a little "autopolo" with the result that the car was only slightly damaged.

   • 2015, Necia P. Seamons, Preston, page 40:

     Each auto polo team (as pictured above) had one driver and a mallet swinger. They chased a soccer-sized ball. As teams became more competitive, they eliminated seats, doors, floorboards, fenders, and brakes.

   • 2015, Patrick Garbin, The Georgia Bulldogs Playbook:

     The eighth annual Georgia-Carolina State Fair was 11 days of corn, kennel, livestock, and poultry shows, automobile and motorcycle races, and an "auto-polo game: one of the most thrilling events ever witnessed on earth."

   • 2017, Adrian Zink, Hidden History of Kansas, page 177:

     In 1917, R. A. Hankinson of DeSoto, Kansas, patented the roll bar for use in auto polo contests.