198 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



jumping tliirty-three feet that day, but I've done a vast 

 more than that." 



Dick Christian rode Clinker in the great Clinker and 

 Clasher * match for fifteen hundred guineas aside. 



" Field Nicholson was always a great man with Sir 

 Harry Goodricke," says the old rough-rider ; " him and 

 Tom Brooks, of Croxby, came for a fortnight to Melton 

 together, and stopped at the George." 



The mare, Marigold, on which Dick Christian made 

 his famous jump near Clawson Thorns, was taught jumping 

 by Mr. Nicholson in the Brocklesby country. People came 

 from far and near to see the place as soon as it became 

 known. Mr. Nicholson rode in the first Hunt Steeple 

 Race in 1836, when Captain Becher fell over a gate. 



Captain " Jack " Skipwouth. 



The name of Captain " Jack " Skip worth, of Howsham, 

 is almost a household word in North Lincolnshire ; and 

 although born as long ago as 1811, it is only a few years 

 ago — he was then in his eighty-third year — that the writer 

 saw him out with Lord Yarborough's hounds. His was 

 a striking figure ; erect in the saddle, the raven locks 

 straggling from under the broad-brimmed silk hat, the 

 long-lapped scarlet coat, a brown top-boot on one leg, and 

 a gout-boot and a legging on the other, the picture will 

 never fade from the memory as a type of the grand old 

 sportsman of our grandfathers' days. Peace be to his 

 ashes, for he was a great sportsman. 



Captain John Henry Skipworth had a marvellous 

 career, such a one as comes to but few. How many are 

 there who can boast such a record as this ? Two cam- 

 paigns with more than fifty hand-to-hand fights and 



* Claslier was bred by Mr. S. Gooseman. of Bradley, and was by Mr. F. Isles's 

 Clasher. He was sold to Mr. Christopher Ooates, of Beelsby, for 2U qrs. of oats, 

 who broke and made him, and afterwards sold him to Mr. Osbaldeston. 



