264 POLO PONY BREEDING. [Chap. XL 



prizes awarded to the young stock, statistical state- 

 ments of the shows devoting classes and prizes to 

 Polo Ponies — in fact a yearly record of the Society's 

 work. The Stud Book will recognise and register with 

 numbers only ponies which at four years old comply as 

 regards height ; pedigree and type being specially 

 considered in their acceptance. 



No person however much he may be out of sympathy 

 with the Society's work, can object to these rules. A 

 breeder can enter his young stock in the Supplement 

 with opportunities of submitting them at four years 

 old, if of proper height for full registry. Through 

 the Supplement it is hoped to fix the type In the 

 Stud Book it is proposed to register only animals of 

 the authorised height, thereby debarring all young 

 animals which exceed it. 



These rules practically bring the rules of registration 

 of the Polo Pony Stud Book into line with those 

 governing the registration of polo ponies under 

 Hurlingham rules. 



These rules aim at encouraging the production of 

 the highest type of riding ponies (the polo pony), but 

 if the ideal is not attained, the result must be the 

 improvement of the riding pony. The benefits to the 

 cart and harness breeds of horses, which have followed 

 the application of systematic registration by the Shire 

 and Hackney horse societies, apply equally to the 

 pony, and the increased interest in the riding pony at 

 country shows is the outcome of the Society's policy ; 

 and the importance of the pony to the Army has 

 been forcibly proved during the war in South Africa. 

 The Shire, Hackney and Hunter societies obtain the 

 support of those who, though not actually benefiting in 



