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" Where ? " asked Will. 



" Oh, tied to his kennel at home ! " was the reply. 



Mr. Elwes, says Mr. Barnard, who bred Cossack, the 

 winner of the Derby in 1847, and was a member of the 

 Jockey Club, married a daughter of the first Earl of 

 Yarborough. 



Mr. Barnard is still a J. P. for Lincolnshire, but, living 

 in London, does not sit on the bench. 



Three First-Flighters. 



Three first-flighters to hounds, and brilliant men be- 

 tween the flags, were Messrs. H. Brooks, Neil MacVicar, and 

 G. E. Davy. The former was a son of famous old " Tom 

 Brooks, of Croxby," and lived at Keelby Grange, and won 

 some fifty races in his day, though never having the luck 

 to own or ride a real " smasher." His first victory was at 

 Hedon, near Hull, on his marc Excitement ; she was a 

 tiny little mare and very hot, and this was the only race 

 she won. Mr. Brooks won thirteen races at Brocklesby, 

 riding the winner of each of the five races in 1884, 

 including two on his own horse, Elkington, a gift to him 

 by Mr. J. Maunsell Richardson, and with which Mr. 

 Brooks won several races. His last race was at Market 

 Rasen, w^hich he had won when he was ridden into by a 

 groom, nearly knocked over, and a sinew cut, and, 

 although his owner got him home with difficulty, he had 

 to be shot. Mr. Brooks twice won Lady Yarborough's 

 Cup at Brocklesby, the first time on Elkington, when the 

 Cup was the gift of Victoria, Countess of Yarborough, 

 and the second on Lord Bacon, the first Cup presented 

 by the present Countess. All Brocklesby men are keen 

 to win Lady Yarborough's Cup. He also won it for his 

 cousin, Mr. W. Brooks, of Irby, on a mare by Denmark, 

 who was particularly good at ridge and furrow, and who was 



