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INDIA. 



RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF TOURNAMENTS. 



STEWARDS. 



- I. — AH Tournaments played under the Rules of the Indian Polo Association 

 shall be under the management of three Stewards, who shall be elected locally. 



RIGHT OF APPEAL TO STEWARDS. 



2. — There shall be a right of appeal to the Stewards upon all questions which are 

 not by these Rules declared to be subject to the final decision of some other 

 authority, such as umpires, etc. , and the decision of the Stewards in all such 

 appeals shall be final. 



QUESTIONS TO BE REFERRED TO STEWARDS. 



3. — Any question which may arise in the course of a Tournament, and which is 

 not provided for by these Rules, shall be referred for decision to the Stewards, 

 who may, if they think fit, refer the matter to the Committee of the Indian Polo 

 Association, whose decision shall be final. 



LIMIT OF TIME AND NUMBER OF PONIES. 



4. — The duration of play, and the number of ponies allowed to be played by 

 teams in a Tournament, shall be decided locally : provided that the maximum 

 duration of play in any match does not exceed forty minutes, exclusive of stop- 

 pages. Each team to consist of not more than four players. 



DRAWING OF TIES. 



5. — In case of the number of competing teams for a Tournament not being a 

 power of 2, as 4, 8, 16, etc., all byes to be in the first round. For instance, 13 

 teams competing, three are drawn as byes ; the remainder play off, leaving 8 to 

 play in the second round. 



6. — The Honorary Secretary of a Tournament will obtain from the Captain of 

 each team, before play is commenced, a correct list of the ponies proposed to be 

 played in the Tournament by his team. Printed forms will be supplied by the 

 Honorary Secretary Indian Polo Association for this purpose. The lists, together 

 w^th a short description of the Tournament for record in the calendar, will be 

 forwarded to the Honorary Secretary Indian Polo Association, as soon as possible 

 after the conclusion of the Tournament. 



