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Payment of
Players.
Ponies.
Penalty to.
Spurs and
blir1 ers.
Frost nails, calkins,
etc.
Penalty to.
Ground kept clear.
Penalty 5.
Persons allowed on
ground.
Assistance to
players.
Penalty 5.
Infringement a foul.
whistle.
Degd ball.
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The Committee strongly recommend all players to
wear a properly protected polo helmet, with chin strap,
but
if
a polo cap is worn, 'that a chin strap should be
worn with it.
(General) io.—No player shall pay or receive
payment for playing polo.
Field Rules
(Field) r. A pony blind of an eye may not be
played ; a pony showing vice, or not under proper
control, shall not be allowed in the game.
(Field)
2.—
Blinkers or spurs with rowels are not
allowed.
(Field)
3.
—Frost nails and screws are not
allowed, but a catkin fixed or movable is per-
missible, provided the same is placed only at the
heels of the hind shoes.
The fixed or movable calkin referred to shall be
limited in size to a half-inch cube.
Rimmed shoes are allowed, but the rim may be
only on the inside of the shoe.
N.B.—The movable calkin is allowed so that
when it becomes worn it can be replaced by a fresh
one without re-shoeing.
The essence of this permission is that the
movable calkin should resemble, as far as possible,
the recognised form of fixed calkin, and it does
not permit the fixing of any fancy-shaped spike
nor the placing of the calkin anywhere except at
the heels of the shoe.
(Field) 4.—No person is allowed on the ground
during play for any purpose whatever, except the
Players and the Umpires. A player requiring a
stick, pony or other assistance from an outside
person must ride to the ends of the ground or the
side lines to procure
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it. No person is allowed
within the safety zone during play except Players,
Umpires, Referee, Goal Judges, Manager and
Stickholders.
N
OTE.
—The safety zone is an area including the
field of play, the ground within about ten yards
of the boards and the ground within about thirty
yards of the goal line.
(Field) 5.—Any infringement of the Field Rules
constitutes a foul, and the Umpire may stop the
game.
(Field) 6.—The Umpire shall carry a whistle,
which he shall use as required. If the Umpire
blows his whistle the ball is dead.