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light, and Rainbow 1 ranked very high', and amongst country- 

 bred ponies, Marguerite, Rosamond (whose old syce Baba has 

 been with his pony for years, and refuses to be parted from her, 

 saying she is more to him than all friends and relations), Aladdin, 

 Stella, Moonbeam, Apology, and Lalla Rookh were all first-rate 

 ponies, and fetched very high prices. Captain the Honourable 

 H. Lawley, Mr. Carew, and Mr. Haig, of the yth Hussars, are 

 all as well-known players in India as they were at home. 



Mr. Apperley, a grandson of the famous ' Nimrod,' and 

 Mr. Rowland Hudson, of the Behar Light Horse, are familiar 

 names on the Calcutta polo ground, and no one excels the 

 latter, not only in fine horsemanship, and being a wonderful 

 shot 'at goal,' but in that most difficult stroke taking a 

 ball coming fast towards the player. This stroke he is said 

 to rarely or never miss. Captain MacDougall, of the yth 

 Dragoon Guards, is another fine player and a host in himself. 

 Mr. Willett, of the same regiment, is also a powerful player 

 and a good ' back.' 



Captain Hanwell, of the Royal Artillery, is well known on 

 the Bombay side, and is a great hitter, besides being a very 

 neat horseman. Mr. De Lisle, of the Durham Light Infantry, 

 is a most enthusiastic player and a very hard hitter ; indeed, 

 report affirms that when not actually playing polo on a live 

 animal, he sits on a wooden horse for hours, hitting balls as 

 they are thrown to him, and practising every sort of stroke. 



Amongst the planter princes of Bengal, no names are more 

 familiar in polo circles, or indeed in any circles of sport, than 

 those of Messrs. 'Jimmy' McLeod and 'Archie' Hills, both 

 very fine players and mounted to perfection. 



Amongst the famous polo ponies of the present day in India 

 must not be omitted the names of the grey country-bred Sambo 



1 Both Rainbow and Starlight were brought home by Mr. Rawlinson in 

 1890, and played during that season at Hurlingharn. Starlight was subse- 

 quently purchased by H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and played 

 in the zoth Hussars team in the Inter-Regimental Tournament at Hurling- 

 harn 1890. He is a very high-caste grey Arab, and remarkably fast. He won 

 many races in India. 



