72 HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



to carry a heavy man, they are outraced and outplayed to such 

 an extent that competition would be useless. 



With polo pony breeding taken hold of in earnest in this coun- 

 try, and pursued upon lines similar to those adopted in Eng- 

 land, America could breed polo ponies that could not be beaten 

 anywhere, and would not only be able to supply the demands 

 which are here today, and are increasing by leaps and bounds, 

 but would create an export trade that other nations would only 

 be too glad to take advantage of. This is another side of the 

 breeding question, and presents the lamentable spectacle of 

 America being the champion polo nation of the world, but 

 unable to breed her own ponies. 



