<sod>[[Snooker]] is said to have originated on the billiard tables of the Ootacamund Club, invented by an army officer [[Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain]].<ref name="origins">Maume, C.[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990426/ai_n14219294 "Sporting Vernacular 11. Snooker"], ''The Independent'', 26 April 1999, (Retrieved 25 February 2007)</ref> There was also a cricket ground with regular matches played between teams from the Army, the Indian Civil Service and the business sector. Visiting teams would come from various parts of India as well as from the island of Ceylon. There were riding stables and kennels at Ooty and the Ootacamund Hounds hunted across the surrounding countryside and the open grasslands of the Wenlock Downs, named after [[Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock]]. Horse races are held at [[Ooty Racecourse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article1989919.ece?css=print|title=Lucky draw to mark Ooty racing milestone|author=D. Radhakrishnan|publisher=|date=2011-05-04|accessdate=2011-09-14|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/15/stories/2011041554030500.htm|title=Beauty of race course to be enhanced |publisher=|date=2011-04-15|accessdate=2011-09-22|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/14/stories/2011041450760200.htm|title=Ooty waits for the race to begin|author=D. Radhakrishnan|publisher=|date=2011-04-14|accessdate=2011-09-22|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaandindians.com/tamilnadu/nilgris/ooty.php|title=Ooty Horse Racing<eod>
<sod>[[Snooker]] is said to have originated on the billiard tables of the Ootacamund Club, invented by an army officer [[Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain]].<ref name="origins">Maume, C.[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990426/ai_n14219294 "Sporting Vernacular 11. Snooker"], ''The Independent'', 26 April 1999, (Retrieved 25 February 2007)</ref> There was also a cricket ground with regular matches played between teams from the Army, the Indian Civil Service and the business sector. Visiting teams would come from various parts of India as well as from the island of Ceylon.<eod>