In polo your own eye is on the ball, and when another player or yourself hits it you know where to look for it, and rule your horse accordingly.

In "cutting," on the other hand, your horse, if a good one, does nearly all the work; just show it the animal you want to take out and he will keep his eye on it and get it out of the herd without much guidance.

But there is this great difference: you never can tell what a steer is going to do! You may be racing or "jumping" him out of the herd when he will suddenly flash round before you have time to think and break back again.

Herein your horse is quicker than yourself, knowing apparently instinctively the intention of the rollicky youngster, so that both steer and your mount have wheeled before you are prepared for it.

You must therefore try to be always prepared, sit very tight, and profit by past experiences.