182 REMINISCENCES OF SONEPORE. 



A cricket match, which " had been much talked about, 

 did not come off after all. Everything was ready, Public 

 Schools versus The World, and a really good pitch made. 

 But when some one prompted by an insane curiosity asked 

 where the cricketing gear was, the only reply he got was, 

 Where ? Then ensued a lot of hurrying and scurrying and 

 after much telegraphing the gear turned up at 2 P.M., and 

 then, of course, it was too late to commence. So the one cricket 

 match in the year, which was then customary to be played in 

 Behar, did not come off. 



Music was plentiful and very good it was. Frank John- 

 son's lovely voice, then at its best, was a treat to listen to. 

 The good-looking hard-riding scamp of an ex-Hussar is now 

 stumping America with a sort of Moody and Sankey show, 

 his sweet tenor voice, still unimpaired, drawing crowds. Fancy 

 Johnny singing Psalms and Hymns. The Durbangah Band 

 had been steadily improving under its grand old leader, 

 Mr. Armour. Lobo's String Band did duty at the dances and 

 very perfectly they played. 



Polo was plentiful, but only one match was played 

 Mr. McLeod's Camp versus The World. Mr. McLeod's 

 Camp consisted of Mr. Rowland Hudson, Mr. Apperley, 

 Mr. M. H. Mackenzie and Dr. Roderick McLeod, while The 

 World composed Mr. H. Collingridge, Mr. G. Collingridge, 

 Mr. J. Hodding and Mr. Fenton. The game was won by the 

 Camp by three goals to one. Jimmy McLeod's absence from 

 the field being fully accounted for by his arm in a sling 

 arrangement. 



No necessity to chronicle the fact that tennis was in full 

 swing throughout the meeting. But one big match was made 

 in blind confidence in the superiority of Messrs. Jenkyns, 

 C.S., and Jack Lowis of Motihari, over Messrs. Pereira of 

 Chumparun and Fenton of Chupra. Six to four on the for- 

 mer was the opening price offered by the civilian book- 



