6o RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



No. 4 keeps the goal, and feeds the forwards 

 by hitting the ball to them. 



When the adversaries are attackino-, the 

 defending side should try to hinder them 

 thus : — 



A B 



No. I rides off No. 4. 

 No. 2 ,, No. 3. 



No. 3 ,, No. 2. 

 No. 4 evades No. i, 

 and tries to keep the ball from his goal. 



It Is the first principle of modern polo that 

 you should do what Is best for your side. In 

 the diagram I have shown a common case of 

 passing the ball by the side In possession, and 

 the relative positions of the other side who 

 are trying to obtain possession. 



If, then, a polo player living In the country 

 will buy suitable young ponies, and always 

 have fresh ones to come on and train them 

 to the game, he will, according to my experi- 

 ence, have but little expense and a great deal 

 of pleasure. Nor Is there any reason w^hy his 

 ponies should not earn their living In other 

 ways. 



In the earlier days of my polo I began with 

 two ponies, which ran in a single, pair, and 

 tandem harness, were useful hacks, and in fact 

 did everything that was required of them, and 



