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but members of the Polo Committee shall have a right to attend the measurement when their own ponies are not being measured. 9.-The pony shall stand stripped on the level floor, and the measurement shall be made at the highest point of the withers. 10. The pony shall be held by a person deputed by the Official Measurer. 11. The head shall be held in a natural position. 12. The forelegs from the point of the shoulder, and the hind legs from the back downwards, shall be as perpendicular to the floor and as parallel to each other as the conformation of the pony allows. 13. The wither may be shaved, but the mane must not be pulled down, nor the skin of the neck or wither in any way interfered with. 14.-Ponies may be measured with or without shoes, but no allowance shall be made if the shoes be retained. 15.-Certificates of height issued by the Indian Polo Association and South African Polo Association will be accepted at Hurlingham provided the standard height in those countries does not exceed 14 hands 2 inches. 16.-The Official Measurer is authorised to give 14.1 certificates for India. 17.-Any person who is dissatisfied with the determination arrived at may, by a written application, presented to the Manager within seven days from the time of measurement, apply for a re-measurement. Such re-measurement shall take place in the presence of one member of the Polo Committee, and on the first convenient day which may be appointed, and his decision shall be final.
The charge for measurement on appeal shall be according to the usual scale. 18.-No pony shall be re-named, nor re-registered at Hurlingham, without a declaration of the previous owner's name, and the pony's previously registered name. Failure to comply with this Rule shall be reported to the Hurlingham Club Polo Committee, and may render the person responsible for such re-naming or re-registration liable for disqualification from playing at Hurlingham, and shall render the pony liable to permanent exclusion from the "List of Polo Ponies registered at Hurlingham.” [POLO RULES OF THE COUNTY POLO ASSOCIATION.
Constitution. 1. That the Association be called the County Polo Association. 2.-The Association shall be open to all affiliated County Polo Clubs, duly elected, whose Club ground or grounds have been reasonably played upon during the current season, and whose ground or grounds are outside the Metropolitan area, that is, a radius of eight miles from Charing Cross (not being Service or Garrison Polo Clubs); also to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Such Clubs shall have printed rules and a list of Members, which shall be annually lodged with the Secretary of the County Polo Association on or before May Ist. For the purpose of this rule Service and Garrison Polo Clubs are Clubs which are only open to Service playing members, and to which Civilian playing members are not admitted. 3.-Each Club shall be represented by one Delegate.
Annual General Meeting. 4.-There shall be an Annual General Meeting of the Delegates, to be called the Council, of whom five shall form a quorum, who shall elect a Committee of Management, to consist of not less than five in number, of whom three shall form a quorum.
Election of Clubs and Annual Subscription. 5.-Each Club of the Association shall pay an Annual Subscription of Two Guineas. 6.-Any Club desiring to be elected to the Association shall send in an application to the Secretary, who shall bring it before the Committee at their next Meeting for consideration. 7.-Polo Clubs joining the Association shall play under Hurlingham Rules.
Annual Tournaments.
The County Cup and the Junior County Cup. 8.-Tournaments shall be held annually, to compete for two Challenge Cups-the County Cup and the Junior County Cup-which shall be held by the respective winning teams for the year.
Both Competitions shall consist of Preliminary Divisional Tournaments and Tournaments-Semifinals and Finals-to be played at Ranelagh in July.
Divisions. 9. For the purposes of the Divisional Tournaments, the Country shall be divided into four divisions:-Northern, Midland, South-Eastern, South-Western, and a map with the divisions marked thereon shall be forwarded to each Honorary Divisional Secretary.
Divisional Secretaries. 10.-Honorary Divisional Secretaries shall be appointed to arrange for ties in each Tournament to be played in their respective divisions by July 8th between all the clubs desiring to compete.
Entries for the Divisional Tournaments close to the Hon. Secretary of the Division on June 12th, and must be made upon the printed form to be obtained from him.
Divisional Ties. 11.-In future the divisional ties of the County Cup and of the Junior County Cup shall be played as far as possible in rotation on the grounds of the clubs affiliated in each division. A Club not playing a team either in the County Cup or Junior County Cup shall forfeit its turn to have the tie played on its ground. But it shall be within the power of the Honorary Divisional Secretary to select the ground of the Club in his Division which he considers most suitable as regards situation, regulation size, means of access, POLO] accommodation, and in other points most convenient for the majority of the Clubs which have entered for the Competitions.
Boarded Grounds. 12.-All Cup Ties shall be played on boarded grounds, unless such grounds are not available.
Conditions of Eligibility for Teams.
County Cup. 13.-The County Cup shall be open to the members of all affiliated County Polo Clubs, provided the aggregate number of points under which the four players are handicapped does not exceed 22.
Junior County Cup. 14.-The Junior County Cup shall be open to the members of all affiliated County Polo Clubs, provided the aggregate number of points under which the four players are handicapped does not exceed 14.