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chukkas and many of them of good quality. Another 

 week there may be but ten players, and those of the 

 most indifferent or inexperienced kind, and only three 

 or four chukkas may be played. Though not ex- 

 hilarating to the spectators, the players themselves get 

 at least as much enjoyment out of the game as their 

 more skilled brethren. Many a man who on Monday 

 is the weaker vessel and the butt of his fellow-players 

 finds himself on Friday, on the principle that among 

 the blind the one-eyed is king, a veritable Buckmaster. 



There are two regular tournaments held yearly. 

 The Connaught Cup is played for in June or July. 

 This is a contest open for any team in the Protectorate 

 for a cup presented by his Highness the Duke of 

 Connaught, and is the principal event in the year. 

 There is also a handicap tournament in the early 

 months. The club is represented by some very fair 

 teams from time to time. A more than useful one 

 in 1909 consisted of: Capt. Gepp, Capt. O'Brien, 

 Capt. Soames, and Mr. J. Fraser. Possibly the best 

 side that could take the field at the present day would 

 consist of : Major Tuson, the Hon. R. B. Cole, Capt. 

 O'Brien, and Mr. F. Greswolde Williams. Such a 

 side would be up to average regimental form. 



Like polo, Hunting is a regular institution in Nairobi, 

 while irregular hunting of a most enjoyable kind is 

 carried on at various centres throughout the Pro- 

 tectorate. The Masara Hounds, the Nairobi pack, 

 owe nearly everything of their present excellence to 

 the unremitting efforts of Mr. James Elkington, and 

 to a slightly lesser degree of Capt. Riddell. Hunting 

 of a sort there has been at Nairobi for many years, and 

 that good sportsman Mr. Goldfinch, a former master 

 of the Hamilton Harriers, used to provide great 



