50 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



pony must not be twisted and turned about 

 with any weight on its back. In this way 

 by the time the pony is four years old his 

 training will have made him thoroughly quiet 

 and handy in saddle and light harness work, 

 light work as one of a pair in an easy running- 

 four wheeled dog-cart being the best. Now 

 mark out on fairly smooth grass a riding school 

 with four white stones, or fenced in with bushed 

 hurdles, and here take the pony through a 

 regular school system. That of Captain Weir, 

 as laid down in the Badminton volume on 

 " Riding and Polo," is the best. The more 

 carefully, completely, and thoroughly you do 

 this, and the more time and patience you 

 expend on it the better pony you will have. 

 This work should be begun in the early Spring, 

 and the school must be littered if the ground is 

 hard. If you follow out the school system 

 carefully, by the time your polo season begins 

 you will have a very handy pony. In the early 

 part of the season you will find members' games 

 going on, and as neither men nor ponies will 

 be in condition, they will be just those easy 

 cantering games which will best suit your 

 pupil. 



A difficulty here suggests itself. While 

 teaching the pony, how is the rider to learn ? 

 Well, if you have a fairly trained eye and hand 



