BREEDS OF PONIES SUITABLE FOR POLO 31 1 



both water and fodder are scarce. Needless to say they were 

 hardly in 'dealers' condition,' and as the Arab bit is a very 

 severe one, and the Arab saddle frequently causes a sore back, 

 the poor brutes' skins were chafed and their mouths bleeding 

 more or less. Yet they were wonderfully tractable and easy 

 to turn. The make and shape were there ; the animals were 

 sound ; Mr. Walker was not long in making his selection, 

 and certainly both Sinbad and Saladin turned out trumps. It 





Syrian pony Algiers. 



may perhaps not be uninteresting to state, as a proof of how 

 readily Eastern ponies take to polo, that the first ride Mr. Walker 

 ever had on Sinbad was in a ' quarter ' at polo on the Cairo 

 ground. The pony had only just come in from his desert 

 march, and had never seen a polo stick or ball in his life, and 

 yet he played then as well as he does now no slight meed of 

 praise ! The average cost of these ponies was i8/. apiece. 



We now come to the Indian ' tattoo,' or country-bred pony. 

 Only a few years ago people opened their eyes with astonish- 



