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Originally Posted by Sock Monkey VC
Next would be the Galt fob. Galt Ontario. A polo club or something? Google searches don't turn up much on A THRING.
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Ice polo ? Date is 1873.
"these games were brought to North America and several similar winter games using informal rules as they were developed, such as "shinny" and
"ice polo". The contemporary sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where
the first indoor hockey game was played on March 3, 1875;
There was a family called Thring in the Galt area at that time (found Edward Bunker Thring 1844–1917) , daughter Margaret dob 14 Dec 1873.