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the work of these societies, are interested in the en- 

 couragement of the respective breeds, and surely the 

 Polo Pony Society may equally claim the support of 

 those gentlemen who are interested in the maintenance 

 and improvement of the riding pony. 



EXPERIENCES OF BREEDERS. 



Lord Harrington, who is a practical and successful 

 breeder, contributed a most able article to " The Polo 

 Magazine," in which he gives his experience of 

 breeding from the Barb, Awfully Jolly (a 14. i pony), 

 and Enelish mares. 



Lord Harrington says : " My own experience is that 

 you cannot have a better hunter than a clean thorough- 

 bred one that has not been raced, but kept for hunting, 

 and I have little doubt that, if it were possible to 

 breed ponies which were quite thorough-bred, and had 

 substance enough to carry weight, with good temper 

 and polo action, it would be impossible to breed better 

 polo ponies ; but I am afraid it would be impossible to 

 carry out this idea. Choose an ideal thorough-bred 

 sire, say, Sir Humphrey de Trafford's Rosewater, put 



