A TRIP TO AUSTRALIA 



in the London clubs, but nevertheless he was a 

 fine pony. 



Two years before the War the Swindon Polo Club 

 came into existence. It proved good fun and 

 brought a little business at times. Major Cecil 

 Wilson was the Organizing Secretary and Aubrey 

 Hastings the Captain. Two afternoons a week it 

 was a great social gathering for the neighbourhood. 

 Notable players turned up on occasions ; amongst 

 them I remember the present Lord Rosebery, Rattle 

 Barrett, Major Edwards, both of International fame, 

 General Hurndell and Maurice Kingscote, all out 

 to do a deal when opportunity presented itself, and 

 then came the War and no more polo. My readers 

 must not think that in those days the farms were 

 left to look after themselves : polo ponies were quite 

 handy during the summer on which to do one's 

 farming. My programme was to ride them round 

 the farm in the morning and then play them twice 

 a week in the afternoon. Well, if one earned a fiver 

 now and then the outlay was justified. 



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