▁Craig ely r , ▁but ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁race ▁after ▁Don og h ue ▁lod ged ▁an ▁ob jection ▁against ▁the ▁winner ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁" bor ing ". ▁Less ▁than ▁two ▁weeks ▁later ▁Pap yrus ▁started ▁favour ite ▁for ▁the ▁St ▁Leg er ▁at ▁Don c aster . ▁He ▁took ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁straight ▁and ▁got ▁the ▁better ▁of ▁a ▁prolong ed ▁struggle ▁with ▁Par th , ▁but ▁was ▁caught ▁in ▁the ▁closing ▁stages ▁and ▁be aten ▁by ▁Lord ▁Derby ' s ▁fil ly ▁T ran qu il . ▁During ▁the ▁race ▁Pap yrus ▁was ▁" stru ck ▁into " ▁by ▁another ▁horse ▁and ▁returned ▁ble eding ▁freely ▁from ▁several ▁cut s ▁to ▁his ▁legs , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁narrow ly ▁missed ▁a ▁tend on . ▁ ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁the ▁St ▁Leg er , ▁Pap yrus ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁for ▁his ▁previously ▁arranged ▁match ▁race ▁with ▁Ze v . ▁He ▁was ▁sh ipped ▁by ▁ocean ▁vessel ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁special ▁feed ▁mix , ▁his ▁stable mate ▁B arg old , ▁his ▁stable ▁cat , ▁two ▁stable ▁boys , ▁his ▁tra iner , ▁and ▁his ▁j ockey , ▁Steve ▁Don og h ue . ▁Despite ▁these ▁special ▁arrang ements ▁many ▁British ▁comment ators ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁race ▁was ▁fut ile , ▁with ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁the ▁sea - voy age ▁and ▁the ▁change ▁in ▁environment ▁making ▁Pap yrus ' s ▁task ▁almost ▁impossible . ▁Racing ▁on ▁a ▁d irt ▁track ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁and ▁in