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hounds, and his favourite horses, Atlantic Cable, Confi- 

 dence, and Maid- of-all- work, were well-known animals 

 in the Hunt.* 



Four Well-known Bkothers. 



Mr. W. Brooks was a good man over both natural and 

 regulation fences, and his brothers, John, Eobert, and 

 Tom, were always prominent men in the Hunt. 



The Brothers Walker. 



Messrs. R. and G. Walker, whose witching horseman- 

 ship was known throughout the length and breadth of the 

 land, must not be forgotten, and brief mention of some of 

 the achievements of this famous pair of brothers must 

 certainly be made. Mr. Robert Walker won the Grand 

 Sefton Steeplechase at Liverpool on Keystone in 1870, 

 beating a large field of good horses, and three years in 

 succession, 1869, 1870, and 1871, he won the National 

 Handicap Steeplechase at the Eglinton Hunt Meeting 

 in Scotland on Mr. Henry Chaplain's Snowstorm. In 

 1884 he won a Hunt Steeplechase over the Grand 

 National course on the four-year-old Heirloom, he then 

 being in his fifty-eighth year and riding ten stone four 

 pounds. The most severe race the brothers ever rode 

 was on March 24th, 1869, four miles over Brocklesby, 

 for a sweepstakes of £145, Robert riding Snowstorm, and 

 George, Barbarian. Coming away from the rest of the 

 field, they jumped the last three fences side by side, and 

 a most punishing race finished by Snowstorm being 

 declared the winner by a short head. Both brothers were 



* Mr. Epworth died on July 12th, 1902. 



