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who rode him in the winning team of the Champion 

 Cup in 1894 and 1895. Sunshine was the first pony 

 to help Mr. Buckmaster to make his present reputation 

 as a polo player. 



Among ponies of the steeplechase type, Sailor 

 (Fig. 74) is perhaps the best known living example. 

 He won the Champion prize at Ranelagh for the 

 best polo pony in 1897. When he was the property of 

 Mr. Gerald Hardy, he carried the late Lieut.-Colonel 

 le Gallais for the Freebooters, when they won their 

 celebrated victory over Sussex in 1894; in fact. 

 Sailor helped to secure the winning goal by his ex- 

 traordinary speed and clash. Since 1894, he has 

 been continually playing in first-class polo. In 1898 

 he fetched the record price of 750 guineas for a 

 polo pony when he was sold by auction. More 

 money has changed hands over him than over any 

 other polo pony. His breeder was Captain Cecil 

 Featherstonhaugh of the Royal Dragoons. Mr. 

 Grogan bought him for ^30, and he subsequently 

 fetched on different occasions ^250, ^400, 750 

 guineas, 460 guineas, and 410 guineas, making a total 

 of ;^2,35i. He is by Lurgan out of a polo pony 

 which won many races. His own sister is 15 hands 

 high, and his breeder told me that she was never 

 worth more than £2^. Sailor is now 12 years old. 



Conceit (Fig. 48), who is by Brag, and was bred 

 by a tenant of Mr. L. de Rothschild, is one of the 

 most shapely animals playing. She is perhaps the 

 best of an extraordinary stud belonging to Lord 

 Shrewsbury, who hardly ever buys a short tailed 

 pony. All his ponies are of the steeplechase stamp, 

 and he never rides a racing weed. His animals 



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