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| Accession number | 912L : 2090/31 |
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At the « Moy Day » Sports Three of the XII Royal Lancers who , in their full dress uniform , took part in the Musical Ride » on Thursday . 23 24 « Moy Day > Sports At Helmia Camp 29 19 INTERESTING EVENT LADY LORAINE PRESENTS PRIZES TO WINNERS . The annual sports in honour of « Moy Day » were held at Helmia by the 12th Royal Lancers on Thurs day . His Excellency the High Com missioner and Lady Loraine were present , Sir Peter and Lady Strick land , Brigadier and Mrs. Howard Vyse , Lieut . - Colonel and Mrs. Char rington and many other military and civil personalities . The events were : Armoured Car Pisplay by « B » Squadron and Phy sical Training Display by « C » Squadron , 12th Lancers ; Open Jumping ( Finals ) , Open Section Tent Pegging , Musical Ride by « A » Squadron , and Handy Horse Com petition by « G » Squadron of the 12th Lancers . The Physical Traininfi Display was delightful to match and was very much applauded . The Open Jumping Finals was very thrilling , fences being placed in most awk ward positions . Sgt . Goff of the 13/18 Hussars ( two entries ) obtain ed 1st and second prizes , the 3rd being awarded to Mr. Sandbach of the 12th Lancers . In the Open Tent Pegging , the first prize went to the 12th Royal Lancers , and the second to the 13/18 Hussars . In the last competition , that of the « Handy Horse » , Trooper Wragg won the first prize with 11 points , Sgt . Rickard being second with 8 points and S.S.M. Haywood 3rd with 2 points . Lady Loraine had kindly con sented to present the prizes , each presentation being greeted with rounds of applause . . The band of the 12th Lancers played throughout the afternoon and during tea . They were parti cularly happy in their choice of which was perhaps the most pic turesque item on the programme . The Lancers in their full dress uni form made a very colourful picture , while the way they managed their horses during the intricacies of the Ride was simply wonderful . « Moy Day » sports , as the name suggests , are held to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Moy in which the 12th Lancers took a pri minent part . The actual date of the battle was August 28th , 1914 , but the sports were postponed to Nov- vember so as to assure cool weather conditions . The following sport ac count of the battle will doubtless be of interest : 25 22 26 Testing " Austin seven cars 1929 MAJOR - GENERAL J. HARMAN , C.B .. D.S.O. , AND BRIG . - GENERAL M. BLAKISTON - HOUSTON , D.S.O. 27 Helwich 1929 Lake Karun , Fayoum . The " Besitor's Cup " Seam . 29 POLO VISITORS CUP . Twelve teams entered for the Visitors Cup , a handicap tournament open to teams whose total handicap does not exceed ten . The first round of the tournament , played on November 11 , resulted as follows : 12th . Lancers beat 13 / 18th . Hussars ( rec . 1 1/2 ) by 5 goals to 2 1/2 ; 10th . Hussars A beat 10th . Hussars " B " ( rec . 1 1/2 ) by 11 goals to 1 1/2 ; " K " Battery R.H.A. ( rec . 2 1/2 ) beat 12th . Lancers " B " by 5 1/2 goals to 3 , and " B " Battery R.H.A. beat 10th . Hussars " C " ( rec . 1 1/2 ) by 4 goals to 3 1/2 . In the second round , played on the 13th . , the " Hybreds " beat the 12th . Lancers " C " ( reg . 1 1/2 ) by 3 goals to 2 1 ; the 12th . Lancers " A " beat the 10th . Hussars " A " ( rec . 1 1/2 ) by 6 goals to 5 1/2 ; " K " Battery R.H.A. ( rec . 1/2 ) beat " B " Battery R.H.A. by 2 1/2 goals to 1 , and the " Diehards " beat the Welsh Guards ( rec . 3 1/2 ) by 9 goals to 6 1/2 . The feature of this round was the very fast and exciting match between the 12th . Lancers and 10th . Hussars and the first appearance of the Welsh Guards in tournament polo in Cairo . They made a very goed fight against a stronger side . " A " In the semi - finals the 12th . Lancers " A " team had no difficulty in defeating the " Hy breds " ( rec . 2 1/2 ) by 11 goals to 4 1/2 and the " Diehards " , after a good galloping game , beat " K " Battery R.H.A. by 10 goals to 6 . The final , between the 12th . and the " Diehards " ( rec . 1/2 ) was played on the 22nd . inst . and resulted in a victory for the former team by 5 goals to 2 1/2 . The first and last chukkers of this match were played at a great pace , and during these chukkers there was little , if anything , to chose between the two teams . In the two middle chukkers , however , the " Diehards " fell away and their opponents were enabled to add the three goals that gave them the victory . The winning team consisted of Mr. G.J. Kid ston , 1 ; Major J.W. Hornby , 2 ; Lt. - Col . H.V. Charrington , 3 , and Mr. A.M.H. Porter , back . |
