46 Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



the wrong people, in this instance, backed the right 

 horse. In a straight-away race it would have been 

 absurd to have supposed that the Hussars could have 

 ■deemed Rupee capable of defeating Caliph, of whose 

 speed and staying power they were well aware. 



In the Arab handicap, Captain Papillon on Captain 

 Joy's Jurham could only get a moderate third to Caliph, 

 ridden by Captain Dudley. This was such a startling 

 reversal of public form that the Queen's Own challenged 

 the Highlanders to a match between the two horses. The 

 7th Hussars were obliged to put up Dr. Tippetts, who 

 was much inferior as a horseman to Captain Papillon. 

 Yet for all that, Jurham would have won comfortably 

 enough, had not Caliph's rider "bustled" (not jostled) 

 him all down the straight. The doctor picked up his 

 whip, but finding Caliph too close to use it in the proper 

 manner, got excited, and hit the Scalkotc Jiorse with it 

 ■wherever he could get an opening. After a desperate 

 finish, and by magnificent riding, Captain Papillon 

 managed to win by a head, and thus to confirm the 

 running of the previous da\'. The scene which followed 

 between the rival parties in the weighing tent was 

 indescribable. One Hussar, whose family has alwa}'s 

 been as ready to give a blow as a gift, and a gift as a 



