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Lancers, are all first-rate performers. Captain C. R. Burn, 

 who has two of the highest-caste Arabs in Seagull and Blue 

 Blood, Mr. Percy Browne (nicknamed 'Belinda,' from a 

 wonderful pony of that name that he formerly owned), Mr. 

 F. G. McMahon and Mr. Arthur Mesham, all of the Royal 

 Dragoons, play a good bold game. Captain the Hon. H. 



A ' near-side 'stroke. 



Allsopp, Messrs. A. Hughes Onslow, and E. W. D. Baird, of 

 the loth Hussars, the latter the owner of Euphrates, about the 

 best Arab polo pony in England, are all very effective ; Captain 

 K. MacLaren, i3th Hussars, is one of the neatest of players. 

 Gifted with the eye of a hawk, and never flurried, he combines- 

 both style and precision in his play. His best pony is Blair, a 

 bright chestnut ' tattoo ' standing only 1 2 hands 3 inches, got 



