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elsewhere, we have yet been able to find the very best 

 ponies which our country produces, because very few 

 of our men are willing to take the trouble and time to 

 seek out these great individuals. There are many 

 'quarter horses' (14.2 and 14.2^ ponies) that are 

 raced through our West for a quarter or three-eighths 





Photo bij] [C. F. De MOTT. 



Fig. 103. — Mr. Foxhall Keene's chestnut American pony "Chief." 



of a mile, which would make perfect polo ponies, if 

 they were properly trained and schooled for four or five 

 months. As a rule we do everything over here in such 

 a hurry, that the large majority of our players prefer 

 inferior ready-made ponies to these flyers." 



The bay mare, Texina, on which Mr. Keene is 

 mounted in Fig. 102, is a typical American pony, and 



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