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longed to Mr. Smith, of Walcot, a sporting; 

 farmer, and was ridden by the late Tom 

 Garner, who had a hunting establishment 

 and occupied a farm on Willoughby Heath. 

 In this race was a random horse belonging 

 to Old Pattinson, of Grantham, who had been 

 manager of the stud to Lord Lonsdale, at 

 Cottesmore, for a number of years. Pattinson^ 

 who was an elderly man, would have won had 

 his strength held out, for the horse was pulling 

 hard in front about a quarter of a mile from 

 home, but jumping big at a bullock fence pitched 

 his rider, who was quite exhausted, over his 

 head, breaking his collar bone. The value 

 of these stakes, as far as I can remember,, 

 seldom exceeded fifty pounds. 



Coming to later times brings us to meet- 

 ings held over the course east of Grantham. 

 It was here that '^ Berserker " began to 

 develop his qualities as a steeple-chaser. He 

 had been bought at Epsom, when three years 

 old, by Mr. Hardy, the banker of Grantham, 

 who sold him to Mr. Dawson, the dealer. 

 " Berserker " was a backward and dif&cult 

 colt to train, but won over this course, and 

 his career, as time went on, in the hands of 



