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3 inches for mounted infantry and light 

 cavalry purposes is acknowledged by the 

 authorities, and that these forces will in 

 future form a larger proportion of our stand- 

 ing army, it behoves us to turn our attention 

 to the task of breeding. The high prices 

 obtainable for first-class polo ponies have 

 given a stimulus to pony-breeding, and 

 it may be said the foundations of the 

 industry have been laid. What the present 

 remount market is to the breeder of hunters, 

 so may the market for mounted infantry 

 cobs be to the breeder of polo ponies ; 

 but with this difference, that the latter, 

 being handicapped by the height limit of 

 14 hands 2 inches, and the exceedingly high 

 standard of merit* required by polo players, 

 will have a larger proportion of ''misfits." 

 To compensate for the paucity of valuable 

 prizes he may hope to draw in the lottery of 

 breeding, both stock and maintenance will be 

 cheaper, if the business be conducted on the 

 lines which seem best calculated to result in 

 production of the horse desired. 



What is required is an animal between 

 14.0 and 14.3 hands; it must be stout and 



* See Ponies Past and Present, by Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. 

 Vinton & Co., Ltd. 



