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Adam Calder died at the grand old age of 94 ¾ having lived all his life at Marigold, farming it with his father from the time he left school. During the war he was in the Royal Observer Corps and was actively involved in evacuating the troops from Dunkirk. On his return he took over Marigold from his father and proved to be a great stock farmer winning many prizes with his cattle and sheep. Horses were always a great part of his life and he hunted regularly with the Berwickshire Foxhounds. He was a very successful amateur jockey for many years and won the Buccleuch Cup for the second time when he was fifty years old. Of course, there were the inevitable tumbles and his catch phrase was always “It was going well until it fell”. He and Willie Swan were great friends and rivals in the local point to points and on one occasion were determined to make a success of jumping the walls at Mosshouses point to point. They found a section of wall at Marigold and practised hard and often, sure that this was bound to pay off. Unfortunately, on the big day Willie fell at the first and Adam at the second. In total, Adam won 20 point-to-point races, 14 steeplechases and also bred several point-to-pointers the best known of which was Flying Ace. Trained by Adam, and almost always ridden by Doreen, this remarkable horse won 59 races in his career which is a great testament to Adam as breeder and trainer. Throughout his life Adam was immensely proud of Marigold and even with advancing years and increasing frailty he still managed to get out round the farm on a daily basis. He was a true gentleman in every sense and he will be very much missed by all.
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