CHAPTER VII. 



The Pony Cup. 

 We now arrive at the last Chapter upon the various 

 Cups that are run for during the Calcutta Paperchase 

 season, and, though we fear that our readers may by this time 

 begin to find these fugitive notes upon men and horses (and 

 also ladies) somewhat tiresome and tinged with sameness 

 and reiteration, it is our task to present in as readable 

 a form as possible some short history of each event as it 

 com.es. A book like ours will probably be "caviare to 

 the general," but to the individual it may be of some- 

 thing more than passing interest. Most of us, we fancy, 

 wish that we could garner the memories of old friends and 

 old times, 



" Even the yarns Jack Hall invented and the songs Teiu Roper sntig I " 



and, alas, most of us can add — 



'• And where are now Jem Roper and Jack Hall ?*' 



And so perchance, this endeavour to compile a some- 

 what bulky Who's Who of the Calcutta Paperchases may 

 serve its purpose and help many of those who are here 

 still, and some of those also who are far away, to recall men 

 and times that have now passed from the stage, to make 

 room for other actors and other scenery. These notes are 

 merely intended to serve as a memento of the old days 

 to those who come after, and who, in their turn, will have 

 their share of the corn, and of the oil, and of the wine 

 that maketh glad the heart of man. 



There are some people who think that there are too 

 many Cups nowadays, and that the very multiplicity of 



