Sundew 1902, Captain Bennett up

Mare
Colour: Dark chestnut, white blaze
Breed: Unknown
Type: Polo pony
Foaled: Unknown
Height: 14.2 hands

Sire: Mountain Dew
Dam: Unknown bay mare

1794 SUNDEW (dark chestnut, white blaze, white off hind fetlock) Height 14.2 Age unknown
Breeder J.H. Lesbriel, Liskeard, Cornwall. Registered at Hurlingham Certificate No. 2165

When she was registered in the Polo and Riding Pony Stud Book Volume X, 1907 – 1908, by Miss Imogen Collier it was said, “Played Polo for six seasons in tournaments and games at Sherborne, and Blackmore Vale Club, by the Hon. L. Lambert, hunted 2 seasons prior to that.”

TAVISTOCK AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 19 May 1902
Classes 4 Entries 30
Best Pony Brood Mare, calculated to breed a Polo Pony, not exceeding 14.2, in foal, and due before Midsummer, or with foal at foot (6 Entries)
First Prize £3 979 Lily of Laguna Owner J. Oscar Muntz
Third Prize 10 shillings 991 Miriam by Progress Owned by Miss Imogen Collier
BEST PONY SUITABLE FOR POLO, not exceeding 14.2 (11 Entries)
First Prize SUNDEW by Mountain Dew Owned by Miss Imogen Collier
For Brood Mares, 3 Years old and upwards, above 13.2 and not exceeding 14.2, likely to breed a Polo Pony, in foal to, or with foal at foot by a Thoroughbred or Arab Sire, or registered in the Polo Pony Stud Book, or entered in the Supplement (5 Entries)
First Prize £3 Lily of Laguna Owned by J. Oscar Muntz
and the Silver Medal of the Polo Pony Society Owner J. Oscar Muntz
Third Prize £1 991 Miriam by Progress Owned by Miss Imogen Collier
Commended 940 Dream Owned by Miss Imogen Collier
SUNDEW second Prize in the (Open Hack Class)

DEVON AND EXETER HORSE SHOW July 29 & 30 1902
For Ponies calculated to make Polo Ponies, not exceeding 14.2 and that have never yet played the game £6, £3, £1 21 Entries
Second SUNDEW Owned by Miss Imogen Collier
Third Sundew (Local Covert Hack Class)

1794 SUNDEW by Mountain Dew (registered as a mare in, Volume X of the Polo and Riding Pony Stud Book 1907– 8, and given the number 1794) Owned again by Miss Imogen Collier

Notes:
Sundew grows in wet peaty places on heaths and moorlands. It is a carnivorous plant that traps insects on its sticky leaves. There was always a pony named ‘Sundew’ at Foxhams.