The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . d the No. 1to a more desirable situation it would reduce theback (No. 4) to the position of a goal-keeper, andthat it would be difficult for him to come up intothe game when wanted as he does now. On theother hand, it is argued that the more opengalloping game would not interfere with com-bination to any great extent, that the ball wouldprobablv be sooner out of play, that it wouldmake polo more popular, and would possibly makeit easier to establish a working handicap. But to returnto our game ofpolo. After thegame has
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . d the No. 1to a more desirable situation it would reduce theback (No. 4) to the position of a goal-keeper, andthat it would be difficult for him to come up intothe game when wanted as he does now. On theother hand, it is argued that the more opengalloping game would not interfere with com-bination to any great extent, that the ball wouldprobablv be sooner out of play, that it wouldmake polo more popular, and would possibly makeit easier to establish a working handicap. But to returnto our game ofpolo. After thegame has goneon with varyingfortune for atime, a bell willbe rung. Thissignifies that theplavers havebeen playing forten minutes. Assoon as the ballgoes out of play, is struckover any of theboundary lines,the players willleave the groundin order tochange ponies, aminute being allowed for this purpose. The playconsists of four or six ten minutes periods, and inthe latter case a five minutes interval is allowedafter the third ten. Those who are accustomed THK CAME OF POLO. 287. HURLINGHAM : THE UMPIRE THROWS THE BALL.(Photo: W. A. Botich, Strand, W C.) to watch polo always pay particular attention tothe play in the third and fourth periods. In agreat majority of matches, during one or other ofthese the decisive struggle occurs. For everygame of polo there are, or should be, two um-pires. These ought to be chosen for their know-ledge of the rules, and to be well mounted. Theduty (if umpires is to check foul or dangerous play,and to decide all disputed points. We may now turn from the players to the ponies come from the following sources ofsupply, and may be considered to be esteemed inthe order named :—English (which includes Irishand Scotch , Americans, Argentines, Arabs, andBarbs. A polo pony is a cob not over Hurl-mgham measurement . He must be up to 14stone for ten minutes at polo ; have good ridingshoulders, a light forehead, a long rein (a shortthick neck is
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