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early exponents of the game, brilliant players, and always 

 mounted to perfection. Mr. Brocklehurst and the Marquis of 

 Worcester, when serving in the Blues, were also well-known 

 men. Lord Worcester displayed in the game all those qualities, 

 that have since characterised him as a huntsman, being very 

 enthusiastic, quick, and hard-working. His great height, how- 

 ever 6 feet 4 inches told somewhat heavily against him ; but 

 he was always there or thereabouts in a ' bully,' and his quick- 

 ness of observation, besides his good horsemanship, made him 

 a formidable antagonist. Mr. Reginald Herbert, the master of 

 the Monmouthshire Hounds, and the founder of the Ranelagh 

 Club, participated with his brother, Captain 'Tip' Herbert 

 (a beautiful horseman, who is still very much to the front), in 

 many a good game, and did more than most men to make polo 

 popular. 



Sir Bache Cunard, the Hon. C. Fitzwilliam, Lord Henry 

 Vane Tempest, Captain Needham, Lord Downe, Sir C. 

 Wolseley, Mr. Mellor, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, 

 Colonel the Hon. R. Talbot, Colonel Owen Williams, Captain 

 Philip Green, Lord Rossmore, and Lord Valentia, were also 

 among the patrons of polo in former days. But the game was 

 different in those days, and not the scientific galloping one it is 

 now ; in fact, with no implied disrespect, they were the days 

 of the ' dribbling ' game, and of ponies much smaller than those 

 used at present. 



Coming to the present day, no family has been so widely 

 known in the annals of polo as the brothers Peat. Having, 

 come to the front in 1879, they still achieve fresh laurels every 

 year, and keep up their well-earned reputation as the most 

 brilliant players ever known, their names being household words 

 among those who delight to chase the flying ball. Possessing 

 a stud of some four-and-twenty of the best ponies that money 

 can buy, all of which they train themselves, they are indeed 

 hard to beat. The eldest brother, Mr. Arthur Peat, is one of 

 the most, if not the most brilliant player in any place of the 

 game. Possessing the natural talents of a leader, he generally 



