2 9 o POLO 



BY-LAWS 



T. That, in the event of any player having a fall, or if, in the 

 opinion of the umpire, any player shall be hurt in any way to pre- 

 vent his playing, the umpire shall in that case stop the game and 

 allow time for the dismounted man to mount, or the injured man 

 to be replaced. On play being recommenced the ball shall be 

 thrown in where it was when the accident occurred. 



2. Every regiment having among its officers four members of 

 the Hurlingham Club, and starts a team in the Inter-regimental 

 Polo Tournament, and which is not already represented, shall 

 have a right to elect one officer (being a polo player and a member 

 of Hurlingham) as a member of the Hurlingham Polo Committee ; 

 and this officer shall be a member of the committee for one year 

 from the time he is elected. 



3. That in future the charge for the ball be done away with, 

 and the game commenced by the manager throwing in the ball. 



4. In order that all members may play during the afternoon, 

 the manager shall have power to shorten the time and stop the 

 match or game at the appointed hour. 



5. All polo clubs must be registered with the manager on 

 May 10 in each year. A book of rules and members of such 

 club to be forwarded at time of registration. 



6. In matches for cups or prizes the ponies must be bona fide 

 the property of the club or regiment contending. 



7. No spurs with rowels allowed, except on special occasions 

 when sanctioned by the committee. 



8. Each pony to be passed under the 14-hand standard by the 

 manager and two of the polo committee. A book to be kept by 

 the manager in which the height of all ponies belonging to mem- 

 bers is to be entered. A pony five years old or aged, after having 

 been passed, is not required to go under the standard again. 



9. Not more than four players on each side are allowed to 

 play, the members arriving first at the Pavilion to have the pre- 

 cedence. 



him and knock him down. This is an unwritten law, founded, perhaps, on 

 the way the Persians played the game. It is one that requires strict definition, 

 and the attention of the Hurlingham Polo Committee might well be directed 

 to it, as well as to the necessity of passing some rule about left-handed 

 players. 



