Gentlemen Riders 



under National Hunt rules, the first of which was the " Mac- 

 caroni " Hunters* Stakes, at Nottingham, two miles on the flat, 

 when, starting at 60 to i, she beat a large field, including two 

 great favourites in Jack and Quits ; the remainder, with the 

 exception of two steeplechases, of which one was the West of 

 Scotland Grand National at the Eglinton meeting, being over 

 hurdles. 



Maid of Honour, by Knowsley, dam by Young Melbourne, 

 bred by Lord Glasgow, and Susan, on whom he won fifteen 

 steeplechases, are also worthy of mention, as was a very 

 good horse on whom Mr. Brockton won a good many steeple- 

 chases and hurdle races, amongst the latter being the Waltham 

 Hurdle Race at Croxton Park — a race he won seven years in 

 succession. On Besseker, by Buccaneer — Anxiety, owned in 

 partnership with Mr. Dawson, of Hanton, he won no fewer 

 than twenty steeplechases and one hurdle race ; and on Mar- 

 mion, belonging to himself, sixteen events over a country. 



At Musselburgh one year, he won the Scottish Grand 

 National on Harrington ; the Handicap of ;^300 on Greenland ; 

 and the Grand National Hunters' Steeplechase at Eglinton on 

 Peacock, for Captain Botterill. 



From 1865 to 1880, during which period he may be said 

 to have lived in the saddle, Mr. Brockton took part in 617 

 races — the majority being over a country — of which he won 

 256, topping the list in the last-named year with fifty-two 

 wins. 



In 1890, this fine horseman laid aside his cap and jacket — 

 with regret, you may be sure — for good and all, leaving behind 

 him a record which will keep his memory green for many a 

 long day to come in the sporting county which claims him for 

 her own. 



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