354 POLO 



Lord Ava's pony ! This animal, an Arab with a long tail, had 

 been in the thickest of the fight, and the hairs of his tail had 

 become entangled and fixed in a splinter of the ball, and so 

 held it tightly altogether a somewhat complex 'case for an 

 umpire to decide upon. I have heard of a ball being hit right 

 up under a pony's tail, and being held there a moment by the 

 animal suddenly tucking down his caudal appendage. I have 

 also heard of a player getting a fall and sitting on the ball, but 

 the case of a pony carrying the ball about with him unobserved 

 is exceptionally quaint. 



