Harriss Plantation Polo and Steeplechase Ground (Location Key)

In "Knight's Gambit," when Harriss acquires control of the Backus property he builds "a polo field" alongside the road (163), and then next to that a steeplechase course - polo and steeple-chase being, of course, among the aristocratic conventions of England that the South often emulated. The locals watch as both of these places are constructed, and then again as elegantly dressed men and women from elsewhere compete or spectate on both sites. When Captain Gualdres arrives after Harriss' death, he hires more men and imports more material to make the steeplechase course even more challenging - though he apparently neglects the polo field.