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pony owing to a nasty trick of often baulking her rider -the 

 result of bad early training ; and he nc\v possesses one of the 

 smartest ponies in England in Dancing Girl, by Sefton 

 (winner of the Derby in 1878) out of Pretty Dance, by 

 Doncaster out of Highland Fling. Faultless in shape, and 

 j,vith a great turn of speed, Dancing Girl was entered for the 

 Oaks, and as a yearling fetched a very high figure. She has 

 now been put through the mill and taught the game by Mr. 

 Kennedy, and taught so well, that in spite of having been rather 



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a handful, she is now not only one of the fastest, but one of 

 the most brilliant and handy ponies seen at Hurlingham for 

 many a day. 



Mr. E. Kenyon Stow, who has been a poloist since 1874, 

 plays a capital game quick, dashing, and resolute, as befits a 

 good * forward.' Amongst his best ponies may be numbered 

 Patch, a brown mare of most perfect shape and manners, who 

 hailed from Mr. John Watson's stables, and who, besides being 



