Like most Finns, this weekend I’m excited about Lordi at the Eurovision Song Contest and ice hockey. Nevertheless, I’ve spent long enough in Scotland to feel some reflected pride in this nation’s unexpected victory in the Elephant Polo World Cup. And national pride is important:
The Duke of Argyll said national pride played a part in Scotland’s success.
“We’d heard news from home that there was a call to make St Andrew’s Day a national holiday and day of national celebration,” he said.
“This inspired us to pull out all the stops and it worked. After all, elephant polo was co-founded by a Scotsman.”
Registered as an Olympic sport with the Nepal Olympic Committee, elephant polo was invented by Scotsman James Manclark in 1983.