[1] At the turn of the 19th century there was a tremendous strain on the polo clubs of London to provide for the growing interest in the sport.
Edward Miller had left the 17th Lancers in 1893 to start Rugby Polo Club at his home in Warwickshire.
Hockin was arrested as she was also suspected of an arson attack on a house at Walton Heath belonging to Lloyd George.
Members and regular polo players included Admiral Lord David Beatty, Sir Winston Churchill, the Marques de Villavieja, Lord Hugh Salisbury, the Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, and the Duke of Westminster.
King Alfonso XIII of Spain was so fond of playing at the club he paid for a grandstand to be built on top of the clubhouse for his entourage to use.
The club was now being managed by Clement Charles Lister who with the assistance of John Arthur Edward Traill and the Miller brothers took a keen interest in the development of newcomers to the sport of polo.
There were a number of key polo players at the club during this time including 10-goal Charles Thomas Irvine Roark, 9-goal Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin and John Arthur Edward Traill.