POLO PONY. 17 



the requirements of that game demand that the animal 

 should be temperate, handy, and capable of being ridden 

 with a slack rein. The polo pony Pat (Fig. 6) is 

 a perfect hack, with a snaffle-bridle mouth, and so 

 steady and clever that he can canter round the pro- 



Fig. 6. Polo pony, Pat. 



verbial sixpence. He has played well in several polo 

 matches. 



Although many ladies in this country have never 

 enjoyed the luxury of riding a high-caste Arab, we 

 occasionally see these animals in the Row and hunting- 



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