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ponies of the present time, is rather on the large side, but 

 has passed the ordeal of measurement, is a bright chestnut, the 

 picture of a weight-carrying pony. Knowing more about the 

 game than most men, and dear as the apple of his eye to his 

 master, Fritz is a byword wherever polo is played in England 

 or Ireland. 



I -saw Mr. Watson ride this pony last season, during a match 

 in the Phoenix Park, tor forty minutes without once getting off 



A model type of pony Fritz, by Kinsman. 



his back ! Mr. Watson's team was decidedly the weaker, but 

 they won the match, chiefly owing to the exertions of Fritz and 

 his master. Joss is also a chestnut a well-shaped animal, 

 with the very hocks for a polo pony, but a fiery little gentleman 

 withal. Starting life in a circus at Cairo he was, unlike most 

 Eastern ponies, somewhat difficult to train at first, and would 

 fly about all over the place ; but patience, firmness, and gentle 



