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4. The Tournament to be played under the Rules of the Indian Polo 

 Association. 



5. The Tournament shall be under the management of three Stewards who shall 

 be elected by the Honorary Secretary. 



6. 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. 



7. Any question which may arise in the course of the Tournament, 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 a Committee of five Members of the 

 Indian Polo Association, whose decision shall be final. 



8. This Committee of I. P. A. to consist of a representative of the British 

 Cavalry, British Infantry and Native Cavalry nominated by their respective 

 branches. The remaining two Members to be chosen by these three. 



9. Any two Stewards and the Polo Secretary shall form a quorum for the 

 transaction of all matters contemplated by these rules. 



10. Each team shall be composed of four players who shall not be changed 

 during the meeting, unless through any accident, sickness or unavoidable absence, 

 any of them are not able to play, when the Stewards shall have the power of 

 allowing the team to be made up by other players of the same regiment. 



11. The number of ponies to be limited to twenty-four. No pony shall play 

 for two diff'erent regiments during one Tournament. The duration of play shall 

 be forty minutes, viz., 8 periods of 5 minutes. 



12. Ponies shall be bona fide and unconditionally the property of the Officers, 

 Non-Commissioned Officers, or men of the Regiment or Batteries which the team 

 represents. 



13. Captains of teams to certify as to ownership of ponies (if required to do so) 

 before play begins. 



14. The order in which the several matches of a Tournament shall be played 

 shall be decided in the first instance by drawing lots. The lots shall be drawn 

 at such time and in such manner as may be directed by the Stewards. If how- 

 ever, by reason of any team being unable to arrive in time for the commencement 

 of any Tournament or for any other reason, the order of play decided by the 

 drawing of lots cannot be observed, the order of play shall in such case be 

 decided by the Stewards, who shall be guided in their decision by what they con- 

 sider to be fair, having regard to the interest of all the teams. 



15. The duration of play and the number of ponies allowed to be played by 

 teams in a Tournament shall be decided by the local Stewards of each Tourna- 

 ment, provided that the maximum duration of play in any match does not exceed 

 forty minutes exclusive of stoppages. 



