Modern polo . tear Arab. Heplayed in the winning team of the Paris Inter-national Tournament, 1894, and of the ChampionCup of the same year. I bought him on the dayof the final of the County Cup, and rode him inthat match. I afterwards sold him to Mr. JohnWalker. Captain Tilneys Royal, which is one ofthe best Arab polo ponies that ever came toEngland, has had an exceptionally long career atthe game. I played him in his first tournament atCalcutta, in 1888, for the 17th Lancers, which wewon. He has taken part in almost every matchplayed by the regiment since that date, and isnow (February, 1902
Modern polo . tear Arab. Heplayed in the winning team of the Paris Inter-national Tournament, 1894, and of the ChampionCup of the same year. I bought him on the dayof the final of the County Cup, and rode him inthat match. I afterwards sold him to Mr. JohnWalker. Captain Tilneys Royal, which is one ofthe best Arab polo ponies that ever came toEngland, has had an exceptionally long career atthe game. I played him in his first tournament atCalcutta, in 1888, for the 17th Lancers, which wewon. He has taken part in almost every matchplayed by the regiment since that date, and isnow (February, 1902) taking his ease in Ireland,while his owner is in South Africa. In the lastmatch in which I saw him take part, he carried his ARABS. 189 owner in the winning team of the Irish RegimentalCup of 1899. Although he is now 18 years old,I hear he is sound and well, and that there is noreason why he should not again play. Grey Dawn, the property of the late Mr. Kennedy,is the best Arab I have ever known in Photo by] [Elliott & Fry. Fig. 80.—The late le Gallais on his Arab pony Johnnie. For substance and weight-carrying power, he is morelike an English pony than an Arab, although heclearly shows all the characteristics of his Desertorigin. In 1894 he unfortunately broke a pasternbone and has been sent by Lord Harrington to thestud at Elaston. Mr. Tilneys Royal, Captain Dalys Cheeky Boy,Mr. Kennedys Umpire, Captain Wises Seagull, 190 BREEDS OF POLO PONIES. [Chap. VIII. Mr. Nickalls No Name, Captain Burns Blue Blood,and some which Lord Milton imported in 1893, arevery good specimens of Arab blood. Probably the best Arab pony which has playedin India for some years, is Snow (Fig. 81),who belonged to Captain de Lisle, of the DurhamLight Infantry. He won thirty-one races all overIndia, including the biggest pony steeplechases. Hewon four first prizes in the Bombay Horse Showin 1895, including the pony-jumping prize and thatfor heavy-weight polo ponies. He played
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