CHOOSING A POLO PONY. 



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legs, and deficient of weight and substance (Fig. 49). 

 We see this type, but of larger size, on every race- 

 course, and many of this kind are bred which are not 

 big enough for racing. They are seldom fit for polo, 

 because, even if they play well, which they rarely do, 

 they are usually not placid enough, and are too light 



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Fig. 47.— Mr. F. J. Mackey's "Rex.^ 



[M. H. Hayes. 



to hold their own among the heavy ponies they will 

 have to meet. 



The second type is the long-striding, awkward, but 

 generally well-bred galloping pony which gives a rider 

 who mounts him for the first time the impression that 

 the animal requires a forty-acre field to turn in. Even 

 if trained to stop and turn, he takes too much out of 

 himself when performing these movements, and will 



