CHOOSING A POLO PONY. 



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efforts of the Polo Pony Stud Book Society will 

 have a good effect in this direction. As the method 

 of training raw ponies is described in Chapter V., 

 I will now pass on to discuss the kind of pony we 

 ought to select. The recently made limit of 14.2 

 answers admirably in England. Experience shows 

 that, as a rule, the increase of strength, speed and 



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[M. H. HAYES. 



Fig. 38.— Mr. W. J. Jones' "Luna." 



weight in ponies over 14.2 does not compensate for 

 the loss of handiness, although it is undoubtedly 

 possible to make some horses of 15 hands, and even 

 more, perfectly handy for polo. Besides, as I have 

 already said, it takes far longer to train the average 

 big pony than the average small one. 



Not long ago, the Hurlingham Committee dis- 



