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A Group of Celebrities. 



The Rev. G. Uppleby and the Rev. J. AUington, Vicar 

 of Croxby, were both good men to hounds during the 

 second quarter of the last century, and the latter after- 

 wards went into the South Wold country, where he more 

 than held his own. Colonel Tufnell, who lived at Horks- 

 low Hall, was another hard rider about the same time ; 

 and so were Messrs. Philip Skipworth of Aylesby, and C. 

 Uppleby of Barrow Hall (both spoken of by the " Druid " 

 as being fine sportsmen), S. Robson, of Wyham, " Kit " 

 Robson, of Cadeby, always beautifully groomed, and 

 J. Thistlewood, of Lambcroft, who used also to hunt 

 with the Burton and the South Wold as well. He always 

 had beautiful horses, and was a very hard rider, though 

 rather too fond of pressing hounds. 



Mr. C. M. NAIXP.Y. 



Mr. Charles Manby Nainby was one of the best horse- 

 men of his day, and a thoroughly good all-round sportsman. 

 He was a bachelor, and lived at Barnoldby, where he died 

 in 1890, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Speaking 

 of the sport with hounds in his day, he told me he once 

 rode through a great run from Weelsby to East Halton, a 

 twelve-mile point, and was first up at the kill. Always 

 taking a great interest in the foxhound puppy or puppies 

 he walked, he also told the writer that on one occasion he 

 watched his puppy hunting a hare all by himself for over 

 an hour. Though occasionally checked, he never gave up 

 till he had run it to a standstill and killed it. 



Mr. Nainby used to talk of two other great runs besides 



