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Fig. 68. — Wintering ponies. 



[M. H. HAYES. 



CHAPTER VII. 



POLO PONY MANAGEMENT. 



Wintering ponies — Conditioning ponies — Stable routine, feeding, and watering — 

 Bedding — Stables — Using polo ponies in harness — Racing and chasing polo 

 ponies — Treatment of a polo pony on the polo ground after a period of play — 

 Saddlery. 



WINTERING PONIES. 



The first question here is, what shall we do with our 

 ponies from, say, the ist September to the time it will 

 be necessary to begin getting them fit for the ist 

 April ? Although their welfare will be our chief con- 

 sideration, economy and convenience may also have to 

 be studied. Assuming that a pony has been in hard 

 work during the preceding season, and that he does 

 not require to be kept in a sick box for veterinary 



