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when Judy ricked her thigh, though now she is playing as 

 brilliantly as ever no mean test of their capabilities. Judy, 

 like most celebrities, and especially those of the gentler sex, 

 has her peculiarities, and in her case it takes the form of an 

 uncontrollable desire to perform the feat generally known as 

 'playing the fool' in every possible way before the game begins. 

 When knocking the ball about prior to play, she will pretend 

 it has indescribable terrors for her ; will shy away from it ; buck, 

 kick, and refuse to go near it. Directly the game begins in 

 earnest, however, ' a change comes o'er the spirit of her dream ' ; 

 she sobers down, and takes the greatest interest in the proceed- 

 ings, following the ball like a dog, and turning when a ' back- 

 hander ' is given, almost quicker than her rider can give her the 

 hint. This is but one among many instances of the fascination 

 that the game possesses for equine as well as for human minds. 

 Whether hunting his hounds six days a week over the ex- 

 tensive and varied South Notts country, sweeping the board of 

 prizes at the Military Tournament, or playing in some well- 

 contested polo match, Lord Harrington is equally at home. A 

 capital ' back,' a very hard hitter, and riding the most perfectly 

 trained ponies, he is a tower of strength to his side. His lord- 

 ship used to formerly play No. i, but a severe accident to his 

 left shoulder forced him to take to the easier but more 

 responsible position of 'back,' which he fills to admiration. 

 Perhaps no man has entered so much into the theory as well as 

 the practice of bending the equine to the human will j and those 

 who have witnessed the way his well-known ponies Ali Baba 

 and Jenny (both by the Barb sire Awfully Jolly), The Girl, c., 

 enter into the spirit of the game will confirm my humble 

 opinion that had not Providence made his lordship a peer he 

 would have become a formidable rival to the celebrated Mr. 

 Rarey, though he perhaps possesses other and gentler methods 

 of making beast subservient to man. 



Though a veteran, Mr. T. S. Kennedy is another player of 

 note ; as hard a man to beat when hounds run as he is when 

 engaged in a polo ' scuffle.' Active, spare of body, muscular, 



