on Saturday afternoon, says Sport and Gossip, all four "chuckers were, played and the @ seems to be not only increasing in favour amongst those taking part, but each Saturday afternoon sees fan Addition in the number of onlookers, fa great proportion of whom are ladies. Saturday's games were made more interesting owing to the Messrs. J. and E. Ezra, who have just returned from' Japan, taking part, They are past masters in the ins tricacies of the game and made some excellent. hits, but one can see at a glance that they were greatly handicapped by the want ofhandiness in the ponies under them, which must have seemed wretched un: broken animals, as they undoubtedly are, as compared with many in their stud in India, The following "players took Gampbell, G. Dallas, B, Ezra, J. Bara, Hear:
tin the four games—Messrs, Burkill, son, Henderson, Landale, Patterson, and Thomas. In the first "chucker" neither side scored, but in the other games the following secured a goal each: Messrs. Burl, Henderson, and Landale, and Mr. E. Ezra was credited with two. "The shades of night were falling fast" as T left the ground, the, ponies Were given a hurried rub down" and were then led off to stables, the greater number, I regret to say, were not provided with bandages. Another season, if riders will only take the trouble, we should seo a great improvement in the stopping and turning of the ponies, forthenecks and mouths of most of them are now like iron and brute force does most of the work. For the sake of those who wish still further to enjoy Polo it isa great pity that there is not as before a circus ting in the Race Club enclosure in which a pony can be " mouthed "and taught to understand|the pressure ofthe leg, in other words be "Balanced" and under perfect control.
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