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may be for the faster Indian ones ; and, though not so liable to 

 split, they are certainly more expensive. The balls at present 

 in use are regulated to three and a quarter inches in diameter, 

 and weigh about five ounces. They cost from five to six 

 shillings per dozen, and about sixty dozen are used annually 

 at Hurlingham. 



Polo sticks vary in size, weight, shape, and length according 



Polo sticks. 



to the fancy of the player. The head is made of birch, willow, 

 mango, sycamore, or some other hard wood, and is of various 

 shapes, curved more or less, flat, round and cigar-shaped. The 

 head of the curved and flat shapes, whose edges should 

 invariably be rounded, varies from 7 to 9 inches in length by 

 2 inches in width. The cigar- or cylindrical-shaped heads are 

 9 inches long, 2 inches in diameter in the centre, and taper 



