Herds and Flocks and Horses. 



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(Copyright by W. A. Rouch.) 



Nine-tenths of the ponies that the American team rode 

 wlien they won the cup the British had lield for twenty-four 

 years were English bred and English purchased and bought by 

 the Americans at staggering figures. Does not this seem absurd 

 when we consider the breeding resources of this country? 



The Western range pony is one of the hardest, toughest and 

 gamest of ponies, with heart, grit and stamina enough to sup- 

 I)ly a horse twice his size, and some of them have a good turn 

 of speed, but when it comes to first class polo and crossing 

 sticks with players mounted on ponies that are bred for the 

 game, most of them thoroughbred or as near it as possible, 

 as fast as race horses, and with bone and substance sufficient 



