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Arthur Inkersley IN Hindustan (the land. of .the Hindu, just as Afghanistan and Belukistan are the land of the Afghan and. the Beluk) the great heat .and the ifew comparatively cool hours during Trhlch anything like active exertion is possible prevent indulgence except to a limited extent in .the ordinary ath- letic sports cf A.merica and ttV'firitfsb " tsles. Hence a good deal of'lnventive ness and Ingenuity has ;been. expended on such games as afford harmless amusement and do not - require any appliances that- are beyond, the some what scanty' resources' of ttie. ordinary cantonment, •or military post /Thus arose the gymkhana, or outdoor'gath ering for purposes of -recreation, in cluding the. race meet, in which horses of any sort take part, '.and ".the foolish or amusing affair, consisting of horse and pony races and humorous competi tions for men and, women, .mounted and unmounted, tent pegging, tilting and other -sports. Every cantonment in India holds a gymkhana •, periodi cally, the ."card,", . or* . program, ..being made up of flat, and obstacle, racing, Jumping blindfolded, sack . and' egg and spoon races, for the rank and file of the- garrison;;: a *'chattl" \u25a0. race for the natives, in . which "an.'earthen-^ ware Jar full: of water- is carried on the head, and a. race in whlchrwheel barrows are trundled; .while; the mili tary officers t and- their . womenfolk • en-, rage In; tent .pegging and I; til ting, ihread-the-needle contests,* AunfSaily^ races, the ; "wand" .or / ''maze" ' event, ? and "menagerie" races. ; '- • / ' \u25a0 '. ' > In the tent- : pegging... and. stilting event the competitors enter by couples, the men priding 'at a: tenipeg,~flxed: Qrm- Xy In the ground i and-, endeavoring -to. pull it out and. carry.^lt. off ron rthej point of ' a ". lance, .while : the .. ladles;' tilt' at' a ring.' - "In l -the •thread- the-needle "contest £ach." man> enlists * the r servlcesi of }& lady; -then men,' mounted,^ . start from the line" and X ride j to- -the point where the ladies stand awaiting thetn; each man dismounts, - hands a needle' j and 'thread to" .his V lady, who threads the-needle as .expedltiously as; possible and;' hands ,it'back;. r the com-r \u25a0petltors .-reniount and.' gallop , tb;the ; finishing' line. ..In. the 'Aunt .Sally rrace; two men, "arid; two women ride fromUhe. starting point, to. a"> fixed-p lace,;,, where men".and .'women ".dismount;'; the /men i hold • the V horses * while \u0084'the.v.;.w omen . throw stones } at four ".empty /.glass ' bbt | ties ; "as " soon . as the' bottles are fbrbkeu' the competitors *rembunttandithe, part-, ners race back -L to r; the \u25a0 post." .'ln the ; ' "wand'Or- maze event mounted competl-; .tors \u25a0 ride* in and ouf-bf -rows^of -: posts, or wands ' driven .'into the .* ground.-" at; convenient- distances"ln-.-parallelrlineg; they .must I'xnake" the \u25a0:'. ride"! without* touching a; post.', 'A common ', event- for; thjs 'natives is^the Jjihricklsha.rrace.\ The *: "ricksha w,**.'- as : ItVls ' termed". col-^ loquially, is/ a ,. sort *of * magni fled;? baby*: carriage. Xsuchvas " the *,English/jcaHi.a; "perambulator'/),"' fitted^ with , a P shaft : and 'having '.two?' wheels ;", instead T - of: ' four. '*. Europeans ;: "ride Jand-.'i coolies ! ;draw '. the .venlcle, ,twb- pulling -by. the' i shaft : endi two .- pushing behind. ;S,Usu- i . ally the last ; event r on i the. card' is; the" menagerie . race,' -»whlch . -is % highly. y amusing, i \u0084 '&'.'\u25a0 y', ;:^:- ' ;' - - ;\u25a0\u25a0.-•.';,:• ;" Inasmuch as '::\u25a0 many,'*", varieties;- of i .'animals . are^ common ' In ;Hindu'slan^.it'' : is ' possible ' to 'get'v together * ai* varied ' / assortment".-, f of : \u25a0 : competitors. T 'j *-; Among j ;thercreaturesiin?a>menagerie;racev*are" I geese,'-.; roosters,*; guinea > pigs,' .l'rabblts.s : little;. pigs, -which i; are? driven^ by ' ladles v With? reins ?of?ribbon.V- The ?'ef-" | forts '. of \ the drivers \ to't get their,' awk-: '• ward'- or '* unwilling : "steeds'* !, to; hurry J 'along [towards ;the i goal? pro voUeVtouch? FIRST GENUINE GYMKHANA IN CALIFORNIA HELD AT CORONADO >.mt* i-;.;;^,v,v;riiß^ result votten, l ) «eingrif'a : \u25a0j f practical £ illustrations of >'the c principle \u25a0 Hhatt "the ; J face^ is i- 4 not* always f to'- thej -swift." ;^. ; -.<;: ,; \u25a0!-:' >\u25a0?\u25a0'- „.-\u25a0:'/:; \u25a0 ::TJ ' v.:- ;..;, The gymkhana :^ is, 'popular^: in/ Great' i'-Bititain -; arid '£ is % known'; in^% the^Urilted [ \u25a0\ Statej; r thoii grh" 'there *; lsVnbt> ln^' either : \u25a0; these y co"untries;i wherel facilities if or • sports i> of « all \ kinds i j^abpund, •»' the^saine '. /reason ; for? the existence^.of f,th'e>,gy.m-j / khana* as 'in ';lndiai^where"jthes oppbr- ' jituhiUestlfor?\;recreatipnVfarV*llmiteiiS v \Vheri l , the. ' motor] car; came ito^ Calif brniv *i it is enlargedX'thb '% \u25a0exlgruous^v ( o'cabularyj f ?bf..f.the ;' workaday^ 'Journalist * by^the j 1 lxir* of ,^such^ terms, -4 borrowed^ '.from* the H iFrench,*vas|cbauffeur,ich!assis, J . if tonn"eau; : t etct*rAmong.JotherXterins jthat \u25a0 ithe > automobile J brought j. •« its >> train; : ; was i gymlihana; >> which % Is %al corruption;' Ipf i Persian^, word .? gatjd^khahah'iby,! /andjerronebusiassbqiation^wlth^ >Vgymi'^ari!libbreviation '*bfVgymhasiuTn4 .JThe 1 - Persian >>'^o7u^-V'Sttlis *a> baJlhouse and • li Jappliid Tln^ Hindustanlto* an^out- : I door \u25a0? meeting % for'- recreation.* \ >': i ~\ f * ; , 4 lAn (."automoibll'e fgyrnkhana" ;vas hejd -oh fthe j grounds *6f i the', Cbronado' country "\u25a0plubi-Jat jCoronado j-;beach tin ;i the j; spring ; 50fil9O7;^alidipr6ved'|hIghlyAInteresting.; : i But .:>* these i ; events?-" -, though /•'.'properly. ;"*ntftfg:h -germed "- ."ay to' mobile k^iEynikha-; mas," \u25a0iwere'nbtigytakhanas! in Jthe'sense; i>irif whichl the Iwbrd' is/used' inVlndia; ?fbr : , ? the^enulnißiand'Originar t grymklvana,'',as. Vhas a been; stat^d//Is g based 3 upon,* a^ race ; "t meeting]^ In \. wh|ch*'» horses V aiidj^ pbiales ' | take i- part;*) aiidt theVsports^ though Vof • ftvaribjisrklnds,^r«}chl!bJly i *eftu*estrian. t j'*|i * menagerie h: races.f; have hejd>J in i ( the;feastern^states,'if : where;:;|Egrbpean'. I 1I 1 de'as'f ar e X transplanted'^ nior c .: ftthanliin^th'e^west;'Jbut;tthe^nfet^re)ikl; i gyhifehknaf tield'iiii Calif brhfalWa^/giy eh'j vlh7MarcV*of";thlsyy'ea^ £POlo£ fields jfof £th«"s ; Corpnado I int connection H an-* 5 i;nuilimeetln«Hofithe'Bbu^ernfCalifq^."! ;;nla!, polo ?&rid*ipony^faci.nir^ association;: rtft s'occurred &a< aVrctllefvto 'ridefs^poniea* I and ] spectators' af ter/f bur /days ;of ' stren- f &tt^s^^3t l^TO^lm^nfas^«ty^^ <: Bp6.'t. f t*,The. ! i first event' was"*the- 'jwahd" \u25a0\u25a0 fibr**' Vbendl n^.' h (as /it waslcalled v on" itho 1 4sbntestant» \u25a0?. rodefihj ands> out vpassingr r^rstfi on>' tHe' -, neari and f tjien J oil? the V off f side^bf :: J ten ' 1 b tlclcs -f'set^ih-J; the * grrouhd^at^ intervals ' *:bf'^^:^-lS^*^".?''^^-rWera t; fo'uie«J; ; (a^aticlciiiMd;^eir»:^disqij'alin^.\^T iflsSt t ihe"at| J waßX"wrpn '-•jbys|Har*yo Gordon I >Patteey^'a v * Cainadf au/.V^Jib^nas Ibee'n >; %' 0 member j(of r.ttxe f.-polbt;team3? .vfqrjsoh^e.ryears tpast*,? His ;timVt.wa.s^ J<>^ :\u25a0; seconds-"> ;TJi et, second >li63.t %yr&s~ .Vwo'n' ?• by ,;^ Fy an k" jD.> Hu d»6n , »: ahoth c r l^!^weil ' i*icnoY^i^pp'bfpjayeV^orfi^iy"ersriJq;^ia Jdown ;a ;ipost:,"'ln| the ,Huclson\fouled'a wand and, Pattee rod a ' 4 B'entlyTh*ome<a'; winner!' ,• .' , -- /-. i 1 *Thej second *event .was ~a';racel around \ /aVpost"' 60 \u25a0 yards;; away : ' and., back l to " \u25a0tartlngJllrie.^Elgh'tVentered, the'vwin- , 'ner/y*. being H.',"F.".j Robertson - v of J * the • t'Coronado', 'polo*,*- team.' "'an' excellent" 'rider); -;wh*q > -has .', many. *,years [on V cattle '/ ranges. > H.^! G.'- Pattee-; was fsecond,' and S. Fritz "Naye 1 of Coronado . -third*/;-.:-;- -•;:\u25a0; !-^.; ;'•:/•• •; £ In -.the' "potato race" ' spuds were \ laid . 18 /feet U: apart, in f rows.'^each;.Srider \u25a0 [having : ; h 1 s |o wa.ro w* to ,'rtde.^ The 'com- ; ! .'pe;titdrs,('ha!d 'to ..pick," the i potatoes up , r'on~-ithe ,?*end i of , a'- pointed * stick" and ' >ride' \backr,with *j them > the * starting ipbint. l^* Robertson .-; again /proved * the , '-'wihrierV^with''"' Pattee' second* and "Nave /third.>:.:K,'^;':;^-(j, / \u25a0'\u25a0 ;\u25a0 s v, ''-^.;.r. •* '"stick {arid \u25a0ball" (race -a J pplo \u25a0iball^ |ia : d v.to';.be \\ driven ': by -the r aid - of. -a £ polo -, sti ck ; ! . throu gh r f our \ goals "; and ; i.back' l to\the * starting j point.'...xThlsTrace \ "re^uiredithree'i heats. -Robertson- wonv ;:the ;firstf-in vli4B,V Naveriwas T victo"rious ; ; 'iin,-'ithe J -.second -r in^ I'iS, '^ while '-> Major. * Colin *4 G^ißoss,;* formerly.^ aVnjemb"er. ; of ] j^thV-'H; famous polo * team 'J of >'•• Calgary.^ ;' Canada, -Abut > r now{a ; ' resident \ of." Coro-}: j;;.naiao,lwon'ithej' thirds inv 1t29."L -± -In?- the \u25a0 g final '\u25a0j heat $" Majdrr^ Ross r fa'r.f surpassed ' ( rhis Vfirst '> perf ormancei , dri vin g the t \>aX\\ '^ardtin'dv'.'a f course rrestlmated <4 at 'i about': ? %"60pf-yards/and>hlttihg>itibetweeri .the" Jr four -sets ' of fgoal • posts = in; tfie^excellentc jr'tihje'^ of i 1 :09.7. 't.The 1 , majorl; is "- a heavy ;' jman i-.who § hits r.wJth % great % force {Hix- 4 !,. ? v-'-rl; i £^Tv \u25a0 *' 3 race; % was > the complex t and f f ur-^j i^ishedS;the'^gfeatest? r ain6unt;?:off J'funTv 3 Bver y^cQ'mpetitor havlng L select6d a la'dyj r(^l^i|r^ partner.'if. the Sv4cie ; UHTith*a.'need!le*an'd*thTead;"'started i-*i -* '•7-.>:.&f<"T.< !^. -„••-\u25a0' - r'\u25a0>siv.-s'v>':-r '\u25a0>siv.-s'v>':- : i~'-i>\>.., : \u2666'--'- *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•• ;-Tlie San Call fromthe'llne and. galloped toward the row of waiting ladles,. each dismounted 5 and handed the neadleand thread to his fair partner," who threaded "Jthe needle as quickie as, her fluttered. nerves per mitted and gave it. back to her cavalier. \u25a0 The men . remounted- hastily and scam pered back to the goal. The- couples "vsre as follows:, Frank D. Hudson and lira. H. G. Pattee, both of Riverside; E. 1 Q. McVitty and Miss Dollle Bettner, daughter of Robert Lee Bettner, one of the „ strongest poloists -of Riverside; Captain J.CL Besley of HeraosHlo, Mex ico, and Mrs- Frank "WVHogari of Pasa \u25a0dena;JS.'Fritz. Nave "and. Mrs. Nave of *Coronado,*and Robert Lee Bettner and ;Mlss Mary Pinnell of Coronado. The la dies/ 'in ..light ..dresses and gay hats, made a* pretty' picture as they waited in-a "row for their • chosen horseman. 'Miss ' Dollie Bettner accomplished hec feminine task' with greater expedition than 'any of the other fair ones, so that her partner; E." Q. McVltty.Teached the twinning post first. ' .', *''\u0084. \u25a0>"\u25a0 ,-" ; J An" event! not. on. the card.. but emi nently in 'keeping with the spirit of the '• gymkhana, was' the cake catching: con test, shown In one of the pictures. In ). the". front ', row" are R. M. - Tobln of tne ,;Burlin«pame /'polo'; team. Miss Eleanor '.Sears of ; Boston, and. Major G..W. Hob son of ,the' English poio". team: behind .them are'MaJor.H. Romer Lee of ths ; English team; and MrsrHobson. Pieces •;bf,;cake : ,are'; being ?down from *ah # upper window.of the Coronado coun try club "house ;and tn» people are try jlng.to catch .them in their, mouths. - . , ! Among"^p(srspns..well -known la San Francisco" society .who were among the 'at the "gymkhana ' may •.>• 'mentioned" Mrs. .Henry T. Scott, Miss /-Jennie ;Crocker, Miss Helen e Irwin. Miss 'Eleonor Sears. <TempletonvCrocker> and Dukne ; Hopkins.'. M lss Sears, the famous j-Bostonienrie,' '.did : riot ; .iappear, \u25a0 though the \u25a0occasion ;was ; at ho r say > on». ; in . the : breeches; j top * boots 'and , maicu- L-line : tweed .-. coat; thatr'have "excited :so 'tntrch .attention among .the^paragraph 'tjfs/'bu^in'a, fairly i long T«kjrt of dark v eioth,vwUbr x aVjacket?of' Norfolk, cut "ana hat-- ado % rned»witfi~a '-. simple j*rfbbo"ru* -;Another ;<-' photograph ishows!^ Miss f;Eleonorr' Sears in the f horsey; habiliments^that she. wore, cbni-