BREEDS OF PONIES SUITABLE FOR POLO 309 



the Arabian says : ' In the formation of the shoulder, next to 

 that of the head, the Arab is superior to any other breed. The 

 shoulder has the proper inclination backwards. It is also 

 thickly clothed with muscle, but without the slightest appear- 

 ance of heaviness.' It must be remembered also that whatever 

 claim our English horse has to good shoulders he derived 

 originally from the Arabian and Barb. The bone of the Eastern 





Barb pony Awfully Jolly. 



horse also is even closer in its ivory-like consistency than that 

 of the English thoroughbred. 



If you examine a really good Barb, such, for instance, as 

 Lord Harrington's sire Awfully Jolly (who, by-the-bye, is in 

 the Stud Book), you will see that he really has beautifully 

 oblique shoulders, though from his exceedingly low wither they 

 may at first sight appear heavy. Put a saddle on, however, and 

 see what you have got in front of you what rein there is 

 and then be no more sceptical. The constitutions of these 



