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indications that in the course of a decade a definite 

 breed-type will be permanently established. 



There is reason to fear that the height-limit of 

 ponies to fourteen -and-a-half hands is occasionally 

 a disadvantage, because it necessarily excludes players 

 who ride fifteen stones and over from participating 

 in the amusement. Were the standard increased 

 to fifteen hands this difificulty would at once be 

 removed, and it is unlikely that the quality of the 

 sport would decrease thereby. The registration of 

 ponies at four years of age is absurd as it is well 

 known that they grow long after that period ; many 

 ponies may be seen playing any day which are well 

 over the specified size. The registration of ponies 

 at four years old, for one year only, is an improve- 

 ment, but to render the rule impossible of infringe- 

 ment ponies should be registered every year from 

 four years of age to seven. 



The question is often debated whether Polo ponies 

 should be hog-maned and docked. It is contended 

 that the mane gets in the way of the rider's bridle- 

 hand and thus interferes with his freedom of action. 

 This can be easily understood in the case of a long 

 flowing mane, but with an ordinary short, well-pulled 

 mane it does not appear as if it could interfere with 

 the action of the rider to any appreciable extent. 



In the matter of docking it is argued by some 

 experts that an undocked pony can wheel more 

 rapidly than a docked one. His stern, it is held, 

 acts as a sort of steering, apparatus by which the 



