48 R/J)INU, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



oi the following- sires out of pony mares are 

 likely to make polo ponies : Rosewater, The 

 Bey, Edward the Confessor, Lord of the Lea, 

 and Buckshot. 



From the first, young- ponies should be 

 handled and made gentle, and should have 

 plenty of exercise. The three-year olds should 

 be ridden regularly at slow paces by a light 

 weight, and may be broken to harness so that 

 they may earn their living if they should prove 

 unsuitable for the game. They may run in a 

 field or park, but should have a shelter to go 

 to, and it is well to have a straw-yard in which 

 to confine them in very bad weather. Cold 

 will not hurt them, but wet is bad for all young 

 horses. They will require feeding in the 

 winter, and the owner must exercise a (jood 

 deal of judgment in this. It is of course 

 desirable that ponies wanted for fast work 

 should have good and fairly plentiful feeding, 

 but this must be given carefully, for too much 

 food might cause a pony to grow over the 

 standard height of 14.2. I do not know that 

 any attempt has been made to determine the 

 rate of growth of a horse and its relation to the 

 quantity and quality of food, exercise and ex- 

 posure given to it. Therefore any who try 

 this plan would be doing a service if they would 

 keep a record of the food consumed and the 



