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races before tliey were allowed to drop, the first with his 

 own mare Jenny Lind, and the last with Mr. Richard 

 Nainby's Rachel. 



In 1839 the added money from the club funds was 

 increased to £60, and in 1840 to £75; and in 1839 

 winners of Steeple Races (matches excepted) had to carry 

 7 lbs. extra ; while in 1842 the race was confined to 

 maiden horses only. A second race had been added to 

 the programme the previous year, a sweepstake of £7 

 each with £15 added, open to horses of all ages, to carry 

 14 stone, and the distance was four miles across a country. 

 This was Mr. Charles Nainby's first race, and he won it 

 on Mr. Tom Brooks's Hang 'Em, in a field of five runners. 



Cure All, who won the Grand National at Liverpool 

 in 1845, and who was owned, bred, trained, and ridden in 

 the great race by Mr. W. G. Loft, does not appear to 

 have run in any of the Brocklesby chases. 



Me. Tom Brooks, of Croxby. 



Mr. Tom Brooks was a great man to hounds in the 

 first quarter of the last century, and one of the most 

 celebrated sportsmen of his day. He was born at Laceby, 

 one of a large family, and farmed at Cabourne, Nettleton, 

 and Croxby. One of his peculiarities was never to wear 

 socks or stockings. The " Druid " credits Mr. Brooks 

 with having ridden the winner of the first steeplechase 

 ever run in Lincolnshire ; but that is not so, as the father- 

 in-law of the present writer formerly knew an old Mr, 

 Draper of Wickenby, who frequently used to refer to a 

 steeplerace between Mr. Tom Cartwright and Mr. Tom 

 Clitheroe that took place some years before 1821, the 

 course being from Wragby C-hurch to Wickenby Church. 

 Mr. Brooks's great race with Mr. Nicholson took place on 

 March 30th, 1821, and not in April, 1820, as stated by 



