Colonel William Hall Walker, M.P. 



** He never, that I remember, had a bad fall, either racing 

 or riding schooling. It was all the more lamentable, therefore, 

 to get killed, as he did, out hunting. Judging by the marks 

 made by two horses going at the fence he must have been 

 knocked over. This I believe was seen by a ploughman. I 

 saw the place two days after. 



" I heard that some one galloped up to the farmer and told 

 him that a man was down, and that he himself was going for 

 a doctor. The latter never arrived, nor was the farmer's 

 informant seen afterwards." 



As good a soldier, as he was in the saddle, and popular to 

 a degree with all he came in contact, it is not too much to say 

 that "Billy" Morris, though "lost to sight," will long dwell 

 lovingly in the memories of those he left behind. 



Major Morris married on the 22nd August, 1876, Augusta, 

 eldest daughter of the late James Christie, Esq., of Melbourne 

 Hall, Yorkshire, by whom he had one daughter, Ruby, so 

 named after his racing colours. 



COLONEL WILLIAM HALL WALKER, M.P. 



Familiar though his name must necessarily be throughout 

 the length and breadth of the land, as quite the most successful 

 breeder and owner of racehorses of modern times, it will come 

 no doubt as a surprise to a good many people, who only know 

 the subject of our memoir as the owner of Black Arrow, Polar 

 Star, and other equine celebrities, to hear that in former years, 

 despite the numerous calls on him in other ways, he could yet 



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