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game against the charge of 

 cruelty, 330, 331 

 Polo Club, the, 256 

 Polo grounds, balls, sticks, 

 goal-posts, &c., 299 ; require- 

 ments for grounds, 299 ; 

 marking out, 299 ; keeping 

 in order, 300 ; shape and 

 size, 301 ; polo balls, 301, 

 302 ; sticks, 302 ; material 

 and shape of heads, 302 ; 

 the handles, 303 ; length of 

 sticks, 303 ; the Thibetan 

 ' byntu,' or stick, 303, 304 ; 

 goal-posts, 304 ; stone-posts, 

 304 ; wooden posts, 304 ; 

 papier-mache posts, 304 ; dan- 

 gers of thick wooden posts, 

 305 ; telegraph boards, 305 ; 

 how a polo match should be 

 played, 355 ; preparing for 

 the game, 355; duties of the 

 timekeeper, 355 ; the captain's 

 place, 355 ; duties of the dif- 

 ferent players, 356 ; No. 4, or 

 'back,' 356; No. 3, or 'half- 

 back,' 357 ; No. 2 and No. I, 

 358 ; the umpires, 359, 360 ; 

 starting the game, 360; the 

 attack and defence, 360 ; 

 striking the ball, direction, 

 361 ; avoid dribbling, 361 ; 

 hit hard, 362 ; importance of 

 always galloping, 362 ; ' riding 

 out,' 363 ; long shots for goal, 

 363 ; a tremendous drive, 

 363 ; hitting off after a goal, 

 364 ; penalty for hitting be- 

 hind your own goal, 364; ad- 

 vice and axioms for players, 

 364-367 ; qualities essential 

 for a player, 367 

 Polo ponies, 255, 257, 258, 260, 



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264, 267, 274, 282 ; breeds 

 suitable for, 306-320 ; train- 

 ing for, 321-331 ; some 

 famous: Abbess, 319, 337; 

 Aladdin, 352; Algiers, 310; 

 Ali Baba, 323, 331, 338 ; 

 Ally Sloper, 316, 324 ; Apo- 

 lo gy> 352 ; Arab Lad, 351 ; 

 Aunt Sally, 316 ; Awfully 

 Jolly, 309, 315, 316, 319, 

 324, 338 ; Belinda, 347, 

 348 ; Blair, 329, 347, 348 ; 

 Blue Blood, 347 ; Budmash, 

 351 ; Bullfighter, 341 ; Busy- 

 maid, 346 ; Chance, 331 ; 

 Cinderella, 341 ; Conqueror, 

 313 ; Dancing Girl, 307, 340, 

 341 ; Dandy Jim, 339 ; De- 

 ception 330 ; Dick, 329, 

 345 ; Dorothy, 348 ; Dublin, 

 3 1 7, 329 ; Dynamite, 307, 336 ; 

 Edge, 336 ; Esmeralcla, 307, 

 323, 336; Euphrates, 339, 

 347 ; Fritz, 343, 344, 345 ; 

 Gay Lad, 336 ; Grasshopper, 

 336 ; Happy Lad, 313, 351 ; 

 James Pigg, 351 ; Jenny, 

 323, 338, 348; Joe, 313, 

 353; Jolly Nun, 319; Joss, 

 343, 3445 Judy, 329, 337* 

 338 ; Jumma, 351 ; Kaleido- 

 scope, 353 ; Kit-Cat, 345, 

 346 ; Kitty, 337 ; Lalla 

 Rookh, 352 ; Lucille, 353 ; 

 Lulu, 353 ; Maggie, 336 ; 

 Magic, 342 ; Marguerite, 313, 

 352 ; Marie, 353 ; Marquis, 

 317; Mary Anne, 342, 343 ; 

 Maud, 353 ; Meg, 345 ; 

 Mickey Free, 339 ; Minaret, 

 351 ; Miss Jummy, 317 ; 

 Moonbeam, 352 ; Mouse, 

 348 ; New Guinea, 313 ; 



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