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Pelham Barnard's The Martyr, ]\ir. Robert Walker being 

 second on Mr. Mundy's Croton Oil ; and the second race 

 by Mr. Robert Walker on Mr. Marmaduke Clark's Blemish, 

 his brother being second on Mr. Pelham Barnard's The 

 Prawn, so that each took a whip. The same thing 

 happened the following year, when the races were held 

 near Barnoldby-le-Beck, and the two whips were given 

 by Lady Yarborough, the first race going to Mr. Mundy's 

 Croton Oil, with Robert in the saddle, while the other 

 was won by his brother on Mr. Marmaduke Clark's Cat's- 

 paw. 



Mr. T. L. Skipworth and Mr. William Torr. 



The late Mr. T. L. Skipworth, of Cadney, son of Captain 

 "Jack" Skipworth, was a prominent man in the Hunt, 

 and used also to ride between the flags. Mr. William 

 Torr, who lived first at Riby, and afterwards at Aylesl)y, 

 was the first Hon. Sec. of the Brocklesby Hunt Club, and 

 it was to him that the " Druid " dedicated " Silk and 

 Scarlet." He was a very celebrated breeder of Leicester 

 sheep and shorthorn cattle, and his wonderful sale at 

 Aylesby still stands as a record in prices. A tree that 

 was planted at the time marks the centre of this historic 

 sale ring. When at Aylesby Mr. Torr farmed about 2300 

 acres of arable land under Mr. Drake and Colonel Tomline, 

 l)esides 300 acres of grass and 250 acres of marsh on the 

 Humber side at Stallinfrborough, and another farm at 

 Rothwell, one of the highest points of the Lincolnshire 

 Wolds. He was a very busy man, either at home among 

 his Leicesters and shorthorns, or flying over the grass by 

 the roadside on farming bent, or behind " the iron horse " 

 on Royal Agricultural business ; there was no better known 

 figure in the agricultural world than " Torr of Riby." 

 Perhaps inventing a new gate, sketching a plan for new 



