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'Perman on Paddy. Amongst the field we noticed the Mem Sahib on 

 Black Pearl, Captain Harbord on a brown, Mr. Burn on a ditto, Mr. 

 Stevenson on Red Rover, Captain Muir on Skipper, Lord William on a 

 bay, Mr. Meicantile on Zil, Mr. Chota Pedestrian on a black, Mr. 

 Peel on Blackwater, Mr. Apcar on Tambourine, Mr. Kilburn on Red 

 Knight, the Greek on a brown, Mr. Campbell on Partition, Mr. Ander- 

 son on Commissioner, Mr. Sandilands on a brown, Mr. Macartie on 

 Telescope, Dr. Morgan on Fairlie, Captain Rochfort and several stran- 

 gers, whose nam.es are unknown to us. At the call of time Lord 

 William dashed off with the lead, but at the first hurdle his horse fell, and 

 the running was taken up by Red Knight, Captain Harbord, Telescope, 

 Skipper, and Blackwater. The paper headed straight for the railway, 

 and then curved round to the right in the direction of the main road. 

 After crossing the road we went to the left, the leading division consist- 

 ing of Blackwater, Skipper, Tambourine, Zil, Telescope, and the Greek. 

 Mr. Chota Pedestrian and his steed were now seen separated, the rest of 

 the horses jumping beautifully, though some of the riders were a little 

 loose in their saddles. Some close country now slackened the pace 

 slightly, which was fortunate, as the next two walls were rather stiff. 

 We now got our heads in the direction of Jodhpore Thannah, Skipper, 

 Zil and Telescope being at the head of the field After skirting a patch 

 of jungle the last two jumps appeared in sight ; Skipper was now 

 leading by two lengths. The last hurdle, however, brought him a regular 

 purler, his rider luckily escaping with a shaking. Blackwater and Zil 

 now raced for first place, which the latter secured by half a length, 

 Tambourine third, a length behind, Telescope close up, fourth. 



The eighth Paperchase took place yesterday morning. The attend- 

 ance, both in the field and on the road, was very meagre, and it seems 

 a pity that the chase could not have taken place on Friday, which being 

 a general holiday, the public would have turned out in great numbers. 

 The weather yesterday was bright and clear, and much cooler than 

 it was the previous week. We are glad to see that the followex-s of the 

 paper are now all riding much better than they did at the beginning 

 of the season, while there is a marked improvement in the jumping of 

 the horses. We see that there is to be a Sky Race Meeting on the 

 9th February, and as paperchase nags are now pretty fit, we trust we 

 shall see many of them competing for the events. We also hope that 

 we shall see some fresh amateurs' sporting skill, as if they can stick on 

 in a paperchase they are quite capable of performing creditably over 

 hurdles, and it seems a shame that, in a sporting place like Calcutta, 

 there should be a dearth of gentlemen riders. 



The start took place on the right of the road near the Jodhpore 

 Thannah. The paper was carried by Mr. Perman on Paddy and 



