Da u Raymilland Mawroh
Katkum ka thup jingtip ba la lum bad ba la iohi, la shem da une u nongthoh naduh ki snem 1957-58 ter ter ia ka jaka ialehkai Polo da ki kulai ba la tip mynta ka Madan Polo (Old Polo Ground) bad katto katne ki jaka shajan ka rud wah Umkhrah, la shimti ban peit ban sumar sukher da ka Shillong Recreation Trust Land naduh ka snem 1923 bad ka don ka sakhi da ki jingthoh ba la wah (Signboard) ha phra furlong, ha ka jaka ieng Deluxe Guwahati-Tura Bus mynta (shajan Ratan Lal Sighania Football gallery) bad ia ka bynta ka shilynter kaba rit naduh ka ist ground kaba long pyllun kum ka dur “U” la ai wai snem ia ka Shillong Gymkhana Race Course haduh phra (8th) furlong kaba la ker baroh arliang d aka lyntang ban mareh ki kulai Race na phra, san bad ar furlong katkum ka kyrdan ne klas jong ki kulai kiba don naduh klas I haduh klas VIII bad ki kulai kiba khlain ne batbit ban mareh stet ki dei na klas I bad ki don ruh ki Jockey kiba pynher bad bat la kam ia ki kulai kiba sdang ia ka jingmareh na kitei ki furlong sha ka Finishing point bad ia ki kulai la shitom ban bat la kam ha ka Finishing point bad ki la hap mareh pynkut shaduh sha Lawmali shajan ka Ophis Lum Jingshai (MeCL mynta) bad ha ki por ne minit ba mareh ki kulai race, la buh artylli ki khyrdop (gate) kaba khang ban iaid ia ki kali, ki briew lyngba na surok kata ha Lawmali bad ha ka jingkieng shajan 1st ground bad sa plie pat ynda la dep mareh ki kulai bad ka long kaba itynnad bad sngewtynnad ban peit kai ia ki kulai ki mareh thong bad ia ki jockey bad tap tupia Jocket ha ki sahti Uniform ki rong bapher bapher bad ki paid nongpeitkai ki nong iathong narud nakiar ba na ka Race Course gallery (CRPF Camp mynta) ki pyrta ki risa ia ki kyrteng kulai ba ki ia thong da ka tiket Forecast, Winbod place ha ka dur ba sdang na ka Tyngka ar (Rs.2) ter ter haduh da ki spah. Shuwa ban mareh ki sei ia ki kulai na ki sem kulai ba don shajan ki gallery (Race) khnang ban peit ki nongiathong tiket ia ki kulai. Nalor ka bor jong ka “SGRC”, ki don ki riew shimet kiba pyniaid ia ka jingiathong kulai race da ka kot kopi bad slip ha ka dor shi pisa, shi anna, ar anna na ki bynta kiba duna kamai kiba pyniaid shabar ka kut jong ka Finish point (CRPF) bad ia ka Race Course ki pynlong beit ha ka sngi saitjain (Saturday) ha ka por shiteng sngi haduh janmiet bad ha kane ka sngi ym ju don ka jingialeh kai Football Tournament ka SSA bad ka Race Course ka khring bha ia ki nongjngoh kai pyrthei (Tourists) na kiwei ki jylla bad ka Ri namar ka Shillong ka Pawnam bha ban ia ka Race Course jong ka Jorhat (Assam) bad Darjeeling (W.Bengal) ha kito ki por.
Ki trai ba don ki kulai ki hap ban register ia ki kulai ba mareh thong katkum ki kyrdan klas ba ka Ophis jong ka Gymkhana Race Course, ha Shillong Club, Kachari Road, Shillong. Ki kulai kiba Pawnam bad kiba tbit ba khlain mareh stet ki dei na klas I (one) kum ka Maharani, Stalag 17 bad na kiwei ki klas haduh klas VIII (eight) ki dei ki kulai Silver Live, Black Beauty, Toofan, Mawdiang diang, Young Runner, Iron Grey, khatbha bad kumta ter ter. Ki trai kiba buh kulai race ki dei ki phareng, ki Khasi, ki Bengali, Sindhi bad kiwei na sor bad khap sor.
Ha ka jingiathong kulai race la ju don ka jingiasuh buit ban leh “Making” (la tip mynta kum ka Match Fixing ha kirkit) hapdeng u Trai kulai, Jockey, kumta ki ju don ki “Steward Jockey” kiba pyrshang ban tehlakam ban pynpulom ia ka “Making” namar ki leh making ki pyrshang ban wan ba ar (place) ha ka jaka ban jop (win) ha ka Finishing Point bad ki Jockey ki dei ki Khasi, Garkhali bad kiwei.
Ki shipai Assam Rifle Assam Regiment ruh ki ju shim bynta da kaba pynmareh race exhibition da ki kulai khashor kiba jrong ha Polo race course.
Ha ki snem 1963-1967 ter ter ka siat khnam iathong number “Thoh Tim” ba la pyniaid da ka Khasi Hills Archery Board ka la iaid iew bha shaba palat pud ym tang ha ka Nongbah Sor Shillong, Assam hadien Meghalaya, ka la plie ia ki Teer Counter sha Guwahati, Dibrugarh, kiwei ki sor ka distrik Assam bad ki nong Calcutta (W.Bengal) ki ju book/ thoh tim da ki phone Trunk call bad ki Teer Bookies na Shillong ki la leit ban pyniaid iew sha kitei ki sor bad dei ha kine ki por ki la mih ka Forecast bad Ending number ha ka thoh tim bad ka Forecast ka la sdang ia thong ha 10 naya paise, 25p, 50p Re.1, R.2, 5, 10 bad ki dividend kaba heh bad ka single number ka sah hi kumjuh na ka bynta ka kylla step bad kylla miet. Dei na kane ka daw ka la ktah shibun ia ki iew jong ka Shillong Gymkhana Race Course bad ka la hap ban khang khyrdep bad ka jingiathong Race Course ka la duh syndon ha kitei ki pdeng snem ba synshar ka sorkar Assam.
Kumta ka sorkar Meghalaya ha ka snem 1972 ka la shim wai ia katei ka jaka Polo Race Course bad la ai jaka shong ia ki CRPF bad katkum ka jingjubab u Chief Minister ha ka snem 1980 la iathuh ba la wai ia katei ka jaka ha ka dor T. 4750.00 shibnai.
Hangne ngim dei ban klet ba ki nong peit Football ki ju pynpaw bad thoh ha ki khubor ha ki snem 1980 ter ba ka sorkar ka dei ban shimti ia ka jaka Race Course ban tei ia ka Indoor Stadium ia ka jingkieng Dieng ban leit sha Golf Link (1st ground) ki la tei thymmai da ka dewbilat bad la plie shwa ban wan u Pope John Paul ha Shillong, ha u Rymphang 1986.
Mynshwa ka thain Madan Polo, Race Course Wah Umkhrah ka long ki bynta ka Sor kaba itynnad, ithiang kaba la pynneh hok ia ka nam ka burom kum ka Scotland of the East bad hadien ki pdeng snem 1970 ki la sdang kylla dur.
Halor kane ka phang uwei na ki samla pule barim ka St. Edmund’s, Shillong uba la mih na Shillong ha ki snem 60’s, u la wan ha Shillong kum u Vice Chancellor ka JNU, N Delhi, ha u snem 2009 bad ha ka jingialang ha St. Edmund’s, Shillong, u la pynpaw ia ka jingsngew diaw ka mynsiem haba ia nujor ia ka thain Madan Polo-Wah Umkhrah bad mynta. [la sot na ka thup ki artikel barim jong U Rupang]
Phi don ban ong eiei?