Selection and Training of the Polo Pony with Comments on the Game

Language: English

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934

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First edition hardcover (with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page) in green cloth covered boards with bumped spine ends and fairly sharp tips. Royal blue title box with bright ruled gilt borders and title on cover and sunned spine. One pencil name/date on fep, hinge papers fine, hefty 253pp text is tight, clean and crisp without tears. Illustrated with b/w photos (some of famed polo player Tommy Hitchcock) and many line drawings (conformation illustrations by Paul Brown as initialed.) Un-clipped cream background facsimile dust wrapper duplicates the frontis photo in blue with blue titles. Jacket shows moderate, even handling soil, no tears or chips, is now in new mylar and displays well. Book is near 2lbs with it's quality paper. Major Cullum, ex-chief of the Remount Service had long experience in selecting, breeding and training horses for the US Army and is ideally fitted to discuss ponies, a phase of the game of polo about which there is all too little useful information available. The author divided the book into three sections: 1. Selection and basic requirements of a polo pony. 2. Training the prospect and outlines a definite method that takes into consideration the psychology of the horse as well as the state of development of the prospect when he comes into the hands of the trainer. 3. Major Cullum discusses certain principles of play and tactical conceptions which he feels should be eliminated from the game and advocates other new principles of play which have been tested in high goal polo.

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Title
Selection and Training of the Polo Pony with Comments on the Game
Author
Cullum, Grove
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication year
1934
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
Dimensions
8vo - over 7.75" - 9.75" tall
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