Or was theGymkhana momentarily the stronger magnet of the two?
On the night after the Gymkhana the great little world of Lahore was again disporting itself, with unabated vigour, in the pillared ballroom of the Lawrence Hall.
But thoughts so unsettling were out of place, in the midst of a Gymkhana with the grand climax imminent.
The prize--Bachelor's Purse--had been well subscribed for and supplemented by Gymkhana funds.
Even over the Gymkhana programme, there had been an undercurrent of friction.
A gymkhana is the last resort of a colony shut off from the metropolitan forms of amusement, and yet it can be made the source of much hilarious fun.
At Luxor we went out to see a gymkhana under the auspices of the Luxor Sporting Club and every one of the two hundred spectators sat there wearily slapping himself about the head with the tufted fly brush while looking at the races.
Here there seems to be a hiatus in these notes of mine--it is rather a jump from the British India steamer to a Gymkhana dance?
Thus it will be clear to all that the accusations are unfair, seeing that the gossip indulged in by the ladies at the Gymkhana is merely the outcome of circumstances, inventions being notoriously the children of necessity.
In another room of the Gymkhana the ladies assemble to read their favourite magazines, or to glower from afar upon the early birds who have already appropriated them.
He come in gunboat Raneé to theGymkhana races,--bring gold cup for prizes and fast runners.
I had forgotten that it was the first day of the long-looked-for Gymkhana races.
She fairly bowled them over at the Third Battalion Gymkhana a few weeks ago.
The elderly civilian in the bad hat had strayed away from his escort, and now stood at her elbow--revealed as Lord Eskerley, to whom she had once been presented at a regimental gymkhana at Craigfoot.
We got a hundred and nine pounds by collecting, and the gymkhanahas made forty-four.
I believe we're going to get the £100 just by collecting, and that the gymkhana will be extra," said Bessie Manners exultingly.
It was decided that the gymkhana should begin at three o'clock, and be held in the large cricket field, admission being either by ticket or gate money.
After that night on the Gymkhana Ground, Salisbury had no further hold for Hammond and he left the next morning, accompanied by Carr, grave and unquestioning, and followed a day or two later by Girder.
It was only when Boston set his blunt nose towards the Gymkhana Ground that Mrs Greville remembered to have seen Diane strolling off in that direction directly after dinner.
According to Yule the first use of it that can be traced was, on the authority of Major John Trotter, at Rurki in the year 1861, when a gymkhana was instituted there.
Gymkhana sports were invented to relieve the monotony of Indian station life, and both officers and men from the ranks took part in them.
So, when the gymkhana ended and Noreen and her chaperone said good-bye, he felt that he had advanced a good deal in the girl's favour.
You are going to the gymkhana with that insolent English officer.
By the way, are you going to the gymkhana on the polo-ground tomorrow?
Now the gymkhana has been quadrupled in size, and far more than quadrupled in membership.
A day or two after Christmas we halted at M[)y]otha in the middle of the Ava subdivision and there held the first gymkhana in the jungle of Upper Burma.
Two evenings later, at the Gymkhana Club, Krauss lounged up to Shafto, who happened to be looking on at a billiard match.
And so at last pretty Miss Leigh tasted the delights of the Gymkhana Club, and took part in tennis, golf and dancing.
Perhaps Miss Leigh could come with me to the Gymkhana dance next week?
Indeed, even one modest rupee gate money has been known in that country to frighten away the fair sex altogether from race-meetings, gymkhana or polo match.
The gymkhana was in full swing with racing and feasting, and storytellers and conjurers, jugglers and marabouts.
I'll drop you at the Gymkhana if you don't want to get home so early," said Dearman, as he helped his wife out.
