POLO 59 



pony, one that bends the knee In the trot, or 

 leaves the hind legs behind him. 



I have said already that I have no intention 

 of writing a treatise on the game, but the 

 following brief notes may be useful to beginners 

 and those who have not seen it played so far. 

 In order to make my meaning plain I have 

 sketched the accompanying diagram, which 

 shows the way a polo ground is laid out, 

 and giving an ordinary phase of the game 

 may serve to make more plain the following 

 hints. The game of- polo, then, is played on 

 a ground three hundred yards by one hundred 

 and seventy or one hundred and fifty yards, 

 but in cases where sufficient space cannot 

 be obtained the size may be less. There 

 are eight players — four on each side. The 

 game starts from the middle of the ground, 

 and the object is to drive a ball through 

 goal posts. The four players are thus 

 arranged : — 



No. I, whose duty it is to prevent No. 4 

 hittino- the ball. 



No. 2, whose duty it is to hit the ball 

 straight forward, and on occasion to impede 

 the opposing No. 3. 



No. 3, whose duty it is to stop the ball and 

 pass it on to No. 2, or to drop back and help 

 No. 4. 



