4A, 
was a fairly fast one. One of our back’s ponies gave out after the first ten 
minutes, and he practically played the rest of the game on one good grey pony. 
The sides were— 
wae 
TA. v. 4rq Hussars. 
Mr. Byron. Mr. Churchill. 
», Head. Major Peters. 
Captain Mackenzie. Captain Hoare. 
Mr. Cowper-Smith. Mr. Barnes, 
We had now come to the end of our-ponies, and had to turn to Woolwich for 
assistance. The head-quarters responded nobly, sending Ferrar and Aldridge, to 
enable us to take on a strong team of the 9th Lancers. 
R.A. v. 97H LANCERS. 
1 Mr. Head. 1 Mr. Campbell. 
2 Captain Ferrar. 2 Major Little. 
3 a Mackenzie. 3 Captain Wykeham-Fiennes. 
Mr. Aldridge. » Hon. C. Willoughby. 
The ground was in very bad order, caused by the heavy rain and much play. 
We started somewhat brilliantly, Mr. Aldridge hitting two goals in the first ten 
minutes. In the second the Ninth equalised matters, and soon after made a 
third goal. The R.A. now played their hardest, and if a “sitter”? had not been 
missed in front of goal, would have made the score even again. The fourth goal 
was obtained by the Ninth out of a scrimmage, and the score, at the beginning of 
the lasttwenty minutes, stood at fourtotwo. A somewhat lucky goal was soon after 
hit by Captain Mackenzie, and we did our level best to make it a tie. Just before 
time, however, a fatal backhander in front of goal placed the ball for Willoughby, 
who swooped down upon it and scored, leaving us defeated, after a well contested 
game, by five goals to three. 
We owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Hobson, a good and keen player of the 
game, who has lately joimed the Horse Artillery from India. He enabled us to 
play most of these matches by unselfishly (and quite unasked) placing his one 
made pony at the disposal] of Byron, whose stud has been reduced by an accident 
to oue pony. Captain A. King has also assisted us considerably by valuable 
advice, and by umpiring for us. 
I have written this long yarn in the hope that officers of the Regiment coming 
to Aldershot may believe that it 7s worth while keeping ponies there. 
OBITUARY. 
Snconp Linurenant A. A. Fatcon, died at Malta on 2nd August, 1895. He 
was commissioned on 3rd January, 1894. 
Lizutenant A. S, Mriumr, who died at Cherat, E.I.,on 9th August, 1895, from 
disease contracted during the Chitral Expedition, joined the Regiment as Second 
Lieutenant, 16th February, 1890, and became Lieutenant, 16th February, 1893. 
Seconp Lizurenant C. A. L. P. Busue, who died at Charlton on 11th August, 
1895, was commissioned as Second Lieutenant, 15th February, 1889. 
