POLE — POLO PONY 



found now and then. Bred to cart mares, the jacks of the 

 Poitou breed throw excellent mules of the heavy type, some 

 of them standing well over i6 hands. (See Ass, Mule, Hinny.) 



Pole. — The movable piece of timber, one end of which 

 passes into a socket in the splinter bar, whilst the other is 

 connected by leather straps or chains to the lower ends of 

 the hames of horses driven as a pair. (See Names, Harness.) 



Pole Chains. — The chains connecting the pole with the 

 hames. (See Hames, Pole.) 



Pole Pieces. — The leather straps which run from the 

 end of the pole to rings in the hames of pair horses' collars, 

 the object for which they are used being to keep the horses 

 to the pole. (See Pole Chams.) 



Poll. — The part of the horse's head just behind the ears. 



Poll Evil is an abscess which forms on the poll, the cause 

 being usually a blow, or from the head collar injuring the 

 head if the horse indulges in the habit of hanging back in 

 his stall with all his weight on the head collar. It is a very 

 painful thing for a horse to suffer from, and if not taken in 

 time may cause a good deal of trouble. 



Treatment. — Unless treated in its very earliest stages 

 poultices are not likely to do much good, and therefore 

 blistering should be tried. If this fails, and matter forms, 

 the place should be opened so that the abscess can drain 

 thoroughly. Poll evil, however, is a disease that requires 

 to be operated on with care, as it is far removed, owing to 

 its situation, from an ordinary abscess, and hence if it assumes 

 serious proportions it is rather beyond the power of an 

 amateur to deal with it. (See Blistering, Prescriptions^ 



Polo Pony. — It is not easy to describe the polo pony, as 

 for playing purposes, though, of course, a good-looking pony 



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