GYMKHANA, a display of miscellaneous sports, originally at the military stations of India. The word would seem to be a colloquial remodelling of the Hindustani gend-kliana, ball house or racquet-court, by substituting for geed the first syllable of the word "gymnastics." The first meetings consisted of horse and pony races at catch weights. To these were soon added a second variety, originally called the pagol (funny races), the one generally known outside India, which consisted of miscella neous races and competitions of all kinds, some serious and some amusing, on horseback, on foot and on bicycles.