292 POLO IN THE ARMY. [Chap. XII. 



Perhaps the best polo team ever seen in India was 

 that of the Durham Light Infantry, who carried all 

 before them from 1894 to 1898. They won the 

 Infantry Tournament four times, the Regimental three 

 times, and the Championship. Their best teams were 

 those in which L. F. Ashburner and W. J. Ainsworth 

 played with Captains Wilkinson, Luard and de Lisle. 

 The Durham Light Infantry polo players have come 

 well to the front in this war, as for instance, Lieut. - 

 Colonel de Lisle, whose performances are well known ; 

 Major Ross, C.B. ; Captain Ainsworth, D.S.O. ; Cap- 

 tain Ashburner, D.S.O. ; Captain Mathew, D.S.O. ; 

 Captain Elwes, D.S.O. ; and poor R. E. Rasbotham, 

 who was awarded the D.S.O. after he was killed. 

 Captains Wilkinson and Luard, and P. W. Nickalls, 

 were also in this campaign. 



Brevet Colonel Pilcher, C.B., and A.D.C. to the 

 King, of the Bedfordshire Regiment, and Colonel 

 Henry used to play for the 5th Fusiliers. 



Brevet Colonel Hon. C. Lambton, D.S.O., of the 

 5th Fusiliers, was 5th man for England v. America 

 in 1886, and captained his regimental team when they 

 won the Infantry Tournament at Hurlingham. He 

 twice rode the winner of the Grand Military. 



The Rifle Brigade have always been fond of polo. 

 Their 3rd Battalion team (E. W. Bell, G. B. Gosling, 

 Hon. G. H. Morris and P. R. Creed) won the Indian 

 Tournament in 1900. Rifle Brigade teams were in 

 the finals of the Indian Regimental Tournament in 

 1 88 1, '82 and '%^. One of their teams, which I saw 

 playing well in Dublin and at Rugby in 1899, consisted 

 of A. D. Boden, Lieut.-Colonel A. V. Jenner, D.S.O., 

 Major A. E. Jenkins, and Captain H. E. Vernon, 



