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polo player when serving with the Derbyshire 

 regiment and on the Staff in India. After a suc- 

 cessful term in South Africa, he has been made 

 Adjutant-General in India. 



Colonel Babington was quite in the first class of 

 soldier players when he was in regular play. In 

 recognition of his work in South Africa he has been 

 given command of the Forces in New Zealand. I saw 

 him play Back most brilliantly in 1895 ^^ Lucknow. 

 His polo record dates from 1880, when his regiment 

 won for the first time at Hurlingham. He repeated his 

 success in 1881, and also played in the winning team 

 of the Champion Cup in 1882. 



Major-General Lord Chesham, K.C.B., was well 

 known as a Master of Hounds and one of the best 

 men across country in England before this war 

 brought him to the front as a military leader. When 

 the loth Hussars and 9th Lancers played in India 

 during the late seventies and early eighties, he was 

 one of the keenest among an exceptionally good lot 

 of polo players. 



Sir R. Pole-Carew, K.C.B., C.V.O., and Major- 

 General Baden-Powell, C.B., w^ho played for the 

 13th Hussars in India, are two other distinguished 

 generals who have been keen on polo. 



Brigadier-General Alderson, C.B., A.D.C., is another 

 military commander who is fond of polo, and had as 

 his A.D.C. Charlie Beatty, D.S.O., who is better 

 known as a fine steeplechase rider, although he was 

 one of the six original members of the Rugby Club, 

 and has played many matches for it during the last 

 few years. General Alderson played in the winning 

 team of the County Cup for Kent in 1880. 



