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Mr. Gresson rode in excellent style and thoroughly 

 deserved his success. Nevermore is a horse he purchased 

 late on in the season from Mr. B. Allen and had never 

 jumped a fence before Mr. Gresson took him in hand, so 

 that his success in such a severe race as this is all the more 

 creditable. Mr. K. M. Macdonald is a new-comer and 

 rode with great patience. Mr. Butler was very unlucky to 

 get down as he had the Heavy Weight Cup absolutely 

 in his pocket, but it was evident that his ambition soared 

 to defeating the light weights also, and who knows how 

 things might not have gone had Sultan stood up. He has 

 all our sympathy for the loss of such a good one, and 

 we hope that his own hurts will soon be healed. 



1907. 



The Calcutta Paperchase Cup has now reached its 

 33rd anniversary, and was this year decided over the 

 well-known happy bunting grounds in the neighbourhood 

 of Jodhpore, the scene of such a number of cross-country 

 battles. The race drew a capital field, the majority 

 of which crossed the fences in safety, and it was won by a 

 good sportsman. Captain H. N. Holden, of the Viceroy's 

 Bodyguard. This makes the sixth Paperchase Cup which 

 has gone to officers of H. E. the Viceroy's Bodyguard. 

 Captain Muir won it three times on Warwickshire Lad, 

 1878, 1879 and 1880, and Colonel '' Jim" Turner has won it 

 twice, namely, in 1889 on Britomarte, and 1897 on Aconite. 

 Captain Holden has had a good many tries for it, as is 

 usually the case with those who have aspired to victory in 

 this hard, rough ride, and on Eldorado, Eric and again on 

 Lord Harry he has made strenuous efforts to get there. 

 Fortune has at last smiled, as she invariably does, upon 

 the brave, and Captain Holden's perseverance has been 

 rewarded by a season of record success. He won both the 

 Hunters' Steeplechases at Tollygunge with Lord Harry ;; 



