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Tliis was the particular contest in which 

 the obstacle called to this day " Becher's 

 Brook " obtained its name. Captain Becher, 

 in order to steady Conrad, who was a very 

 headstrong horse, came along directly Lord 

 Sefton dropped his flag, and with Daxon, 

 made joint running to the first brook. Conrad 

 tried to run through the timber set in front 

 of it, shooting his rider clean over his head 

 into the ditch beyond. Becher was in a 

 " tight place," with the whole field streaming 

 after him. In a moment he had scrambled 

 close under the bank, and in this way the 

 rest of the oncoming field cleared him in 

 safety. Jem Mason on Lottery won in a 

 canter by three lengths that day, and it is 

 recorded that, so full of running was the 



