. Types and market classes of live stock. establishedfact that a player is no more proficient than his pony. Thequestion of suitable mounts has been troublesome to Americanplayers from the very first. There was a time when westerncow ponies made acceptable mounts for the game. They werebrought to the East by the carload and sold at very moderate 390 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock prices. A small percentage of these developed into really goodpolo ponies. As competition became keener, the demand forbetter and better ponies became more imperative, and todaythe cow pony has been replaced b
. Types and market classes of live stock. establishedfact that a player is no more proficient than his pony. Thequestion of suitable mounts has been troublesome to Americanplayers from the very first. There was a time when westerncow ponies made acceptable mounts for the game. They werebrought to the East by the carload and sold at very moderate 390 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock prices. A small percentage of these developed into really goodpolo ponies. As competition became keener, the demand forbetter and better ponies became more imperative, and todaythe cow pony has been replaced by what is virtually a Thor-oughbred horse of small size. In almost every case, the bestmodern ponies were sired by a Thoroughbred stallion. Englishponies used for polo have always carried more or less Thor-oughbred inheritance; they are bred in the purple, trained twoyears, and carefully housed and fed. There has been formedin England a Polo and Riding Pony Society for the purpose ofestablishing and improving a breed of ponies for Fig. 107. Iolo l*ony ol Excellent Type. Owned by Mr. L. Waterbury and ridden by him when a member ofthe American team which won the International Cup from England. Five years ago a number of American ponies were valuedat $1,000, and for some imported English ponies up to $2,000had been paid. At a sale in England, in 1898, a pony namedSailor, brought $3,750. In 1909 the American team whichwent to Hurlingham to compete for the worlds championshipwas enabled to win largely because of the excellence of theirponies. These ponies were English-bred, and were reported Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 391 to have cost high prices ranging up to $5,000. The Americanvictory brought as much credit to Enghsh pony breeders asit did to the playing abihty of the American team. In cham-pionship contests, four to six ponies are used by each player,and some players maintain a big string of ponies from whichto make selections for games. What constitutes a goo
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