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six or seven to contend against in his jostle for the ball. 

 Such a player should remember that if he plays an 

 unselfish game, and leaves the ball to a comrade when 

 asked to do so, that comrade will in his turn accom- 

 modate him. Consequently, if all the side play 

 unselfishly and for each other, not only is the game as 

 a whole enormously improved, but each player will get 

 far more fun out of it. 



Only a few years ago, polo was taught, especially in 



Photo hy] [J. Wood. 



Fig. 18. — Blue pulls up, instead of hustling white. 



regiments, on rigid, not to say wooden, lines. No. i 

 was often made to play without a stick at all, or even 

 if he had one, he was not allowed to use it ; and was 

 told that his sole object was to nurse the opposing 

 Back, and ride him off (Fig. 17) to clear the way 

 for his No. 2, who had a real good time, and was 

 frequently what we would now call a ''loafer." That 

 is to say, he hung about in the wake of his No. i, or 

 outside a scrimmage, did no real work, except when 

 he got an opening, and would then probably make a 



