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uncommon for a pony of fifteen years of age to be 

 playing as well as ever he did. Most ponies are not 

 at their best until they are nine or ten. If a man 

 buys a sound, good, six years old polo pony, he will 

 in all probability get ten years' play out of him. Mr. 

 Rawlinson's pony Redskin, which was registered at 

 Hurlingham as an aged pony in 1881, was playing in 

 1897, and was consequently at least 23 years of age 

 at that time. 



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-Half-moon Pelham. 



Fig. 32. — Side view of half- 

 moon Pelham (Fig. 31). 



FAIR PLAY. 



I have sometimes heard the question discussed, 

 whether polo is a sport or a game. There is no 

 doubt that it is a sporting game, and should there- 

 fore be played in a sportsmanlike manner. Any- 

 thing in the least unfair should be rigidly excluded. 



Such tactics as wasting time in hitting out from 

 behind the line, when one goal ahead near the finish 

 of a match, or in hitting the ball out at the side 

 with the same object, is the very worst of form. 



