54 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



The fetlock bones should be large and well- 

 formed, for they give attachment to the 

 suspensory ligament. From the fetlock joint 

 the eye is carried up to the leg, of which the 

 bone should be small and well-knit, but the 

 tendons and ligaments should be broad and 

 flat. A useful size below the knee comes 

 from broad, flat, well-developed tendons and 

 ligaments, rather than from the size of bone. A 

 large, well-developed knee should be looked 

 for, as on the size and development of the 

 joints is dependent the strength of the all- 

 important tendons and ligaments which are 

 attached to them. Looking upwards again, 

 the leo' above the knee should have orood 

 length. A polo pony cannot well have too 

 good a shoulder, for sloping shoulders give 

 comfort to the rider and enable the pony to 

 recover if he makes a mistake. The withers 

 should be rather far back so as to give room 

 to the shoulder blade, and neither " knify " nor 

 thick, but a polo pony should have muscular 

 withers. The spring of the neck from the 

 shoulder is another matter of great moment. 

 A thick, stumpy neck is a defect which should 

 never be passed over in a pony intended for 

 polo. Such ponies are sure to be awkward 

 to turn and heavy in hand. Now, passing the 

 eye along the back and loins, the former should 



