1 8 Random Recollections of the 



Mr. W. R. Brockton was very successful, as 

 lie won sometHng like eighteen or twenty- 

 cross country races before going to the stud. 

 There was also Captain Handley, who had been 

 in the Scots Greys and served in the Crimea, 

 helping liberally at these meetings ; and he 

 had a smart wiry mare called '' Nigger Lass," 

 who after winning here did him good service 

 on other occasions. Mr. Hardy won over this 

 course with a grand looking hunter called 

 '^ vSportsman," who had been purchased from a 

 farmer in the Cottesmore country, and was 

 ridden by Mr. Brockton. Mr. Frank Gordon 

 also was highly distinguished between the 

 flags about this time, and was one of the best 

 men of his day with the Belvoir and 

 Fitzwilliam packs. 



Through apathy and want of support these 

 races were allowed to collapse for some years, 

 until revived as the Belvoir Hunt Steeple- 

 chases by that excellent sportsman and liberal 

 gentleman, Mr. Burdett Coutts, chiefly in the 

 interests of tenant farmers, and first held at 

 Ingoldsby about the year 1884. Since then 

 the Hunt Meetings have continued to flourish, 

 and are looked forward to with considerable 



