xxxiii HORSE RACING, HUNTING AND POLO 333 
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, Cs.pt. 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 
