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During October and November, we had seven or eight very nice days snipe and 
duck shooting. The ground has to be reached from Umballa by train, but with 
a little trouble and keenness capital sport can be got. 
During November, the Sirhind Polo Tournament was played for the second 
time, the previous year it had been won by the B.H.A. Subalterns from here. 
This year the “ Chestnuts 55 had a troop team in (Captain Browne, Lieutenants 
Sanelys, Baikie and Bright) and unfortunately in the first round drew against a 
strong station team, three of whom played for their respective cavalry regiments, 
so suffered an honourable defeat by five goals to four. This station team 
ultimately won the Tournament. 
All December we were in practice camp five marches from here on the Sutlej 
canal. Here we were joined by ‘ B,’ B.H.A. on their way from Bawal Pindi to 
Lucknow and also 50th F.B.R.A from Jullundur and had a very good camp under 
Colonel Eden. On off days the duck and snipe got badly worried and we 
often brought in nice bags, between 800 and 900 head was bagged from leaving 
Umballa. The LG. of Artillery and General Tyler both visited us in camp, the 
latter inspected here later in the cold weather. 
The District Assault-at-Arms was held in January and the B.H.A. got a fair 
share of prizes. 
Owing to the very dry year not much shooting has been done since returning 
from camp, but in February Lieutenants Sandys and Baikie were out near the 
Bikaneer Desert and brought back some nice heads of black buck and chinkara. 
Our friends the mountain gunners from Jutogh have not been at Umballa this 
winter. They were in camp some 25 miles from here for practice and Lieutenants 
Bright and Greathed were there as range and recording officers. 
At the late District Bifle Meeting the B.H.A. were not quite so successful as 
they were last year. 
Field-days twice a week—as well as Cavalry and Horse Artillery days—have 
not allowed our horses or ourselves to get too big. Our latest work was a night 
march across country, a by no means easy job on a dark night. 
Our latest dissipation was a Horse and Dog Show, when the B.H.A. carried 
off four firsts, four second and three third prizes. We are now thinking of the 
hot weather and what leave can be obtained ; two or three are running home and 
a couple more are going to Kashmir shooting. 
