48 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF POLO. [Chap. II. 



meet the man who hits out stick to stick, with no 

 danger of crossing him. 



In both these cases, it is well for No. i to have his 



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Fig. 24 —A method of placing the side for the hit out, if the 

 hitter out be a weak striker. 



pony on the move and well in hand, timing it so as 

 to cross the line just as his opponent hits the ball. In 

 this way, when the opposite side hits out between the 



