The following extract from Mr. Winston Churchill's book "My Early Life," paints the picture of those triumphant days very vividly: "There was no more. leave for me until the regimental polo team went north in the middle of March to play an the annual cavalry tournament. We were, I think, without doubt the second best team of all those who competed. We were defeated by the victors, the famous Durham Light Infantry. Thay were the only infantry regiment that ever won the Cavalry (ie, "inter-regiment) Cup. They were never beaten. All the crack regiments went down before them. The finest native teams shared a similar fate. All the wealth of Golconda and Rajputana, all the pride of their, Maharajahs and. the skill of their splendid players, were brushed firmly aside by these invincible foot soldiers. No record equals theirs in the annuals of Indian polo.
The regiment has had a long association with the Infatnry Cup, winning it from 1894 to 1897, in 19 1910 and 1912, in 1915, 1926 and 1933, and 1934, a total of eleven wins, which is, in so far as such records of value, a very long lead over any other regiment. In 1929 and 1930 the regiment won the Gordon Cup Egypt, the local equivalent to the Indian Infantry Cup, and wherever they have been polo has been got going and played with real enthusiasm and enjoyment, which is' cer tainly more important than any list of successes.
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