294 STEEPLECHASING 



Four of the jockeys we learn came from a distance : 

 Mr. Green from Lincolnshire, Charles Christian (Nego- 

 ciator) from Leicestershire, Mr. Dunn was in the Queen's 

 Bays, and Mr. Powell hailed from Gloucestershire. The 

 last named, presumably the Mr. Powell, was heard to 

 say that he came down to show the natives how to 

 ride in a steeplechase ; but "as he lost his first mount 

 and killed his second," as the reporter of the period 

 remarked, "they may remain satisfied with admiring his 

 style without imitating it." 



1836 



The Badsworth men who, as already mentioned, 

 intended to repeat their steeplechasing experiences, held 

 another race on April 4th, 1836, of which the moving 

 spirits were Lord Hawke, John Gully, and the members 

 of the Hunt generally. There were no fewer than one 

 hundred fences in the line, the last being in Pontefract 

 Park, over a drain backed by a strong hedge. Mr. 

 Holland's Jerry, ridden by Mr. Stanfield, won, while that 

 gentleman's own mare, Edith, was second. The Hon. 

 Stanhope Hawke was one of the riders, and soon after 

 the start drove his horse to the front, but much anxiety 

 was felt when in riding at a high fence the girths broke 

 and the saddle turned round, Mr. Hawke of course 

 falling, and twice was he struck by his horse. Luckily, 

 however, he was not much hurt, and when he came 

 down Mr. Watson, well known in Yorkshire hunting 

 fields, took the lead on Nimrod, but on taking the last 

 fence Jerry and Claxby pressed him, while Jerry pulled 

 so hard that, as the report says, "Mr. Stanfield's first 

 effort as a steeplechase rider was crowned with success." 

 Previous to the start the ground was shown to the riders 

 by Lord Hawke, Dr. Buchanan, and the Badsworth 



