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volume have been drafted with a special view to the 

 all-important question of height. That of type is being 

 satisfactorily solved, if the young stock presented for 

 competition during the last two years is any criterion. 

 The reports of the judges at the Spring Shows 

 emphatically endorse this view. The Council have 

 now tackled the question of height and the new rules 

 for the Stud Book,- and its annual Supplements are 

 appended in full. 



ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT FOR 1901 TO THE POLO 



PONY STUD BOOK, VOL 7. 



CONDITIONS OF ENTRY. 



Young Ponies (Colts and Fillies) — Foals, Yearlings, Two-and-Three-year-olds — 



without any limit as to their height will be received for entrj' without a 



number in this Supplement, to be annually issued to members, provided 



they are : — 



Pedigree. — (a) By a registered* Polo Pony Sire out of a registered* Polo Pony 



Dam ; or 



[h) By a Thorough-bred or Arabt Sire, out of a Registered* Polo 



Pony Dam ; or 

 (r) By a registered* Polo Pony Sire, out of a Thorough-bred or 

 Arab!" Dam. 

 Honours. — {a) Or if they have been awarded Honours in Polo Pony Classes at 

 the Associated Shows. 

 *The term "registered Polo Pony Sire or Dam" covers the Colts and 

 Fillies entered in the Supplements. 



t Arab Sire or Dam must be registered either in General Stud Book or Polo 

 Pony Stud Book. 



CONDITIONS OF ENTRY IN VOLS. 7, 8 AND 9 OF 



STUD BOOK. 



POLO PONY SECTION. 



CONDITIONS OF ENTRY FOR STALLIONS AND MARES. 



1. Age — No Pony will be admitted to registration and a number in the Stud 



Book until it is four years old,* when its 



2. Height — Must not exceed 14*2, confirmed by the certificate of a qualified 



Veterinary Surgeon, or by Hurlingham certificate. 



3. Pedigree — To be specially considered by the Editing Committee in acceptance 



or rejection of a Pony. 



