216 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
for fifteen hundred guests, and a sale canvas set up to accom- 
modate two thousand buyers, the crowds so overwhelmed the 
vicinity that the scene has never been paralleled in agricultural 
history. Mr. Torr’s eighty-five head of Aylesby production 
brought a total of over $243,000, the cattle going to Scotland, 
Ireland and New Zealand. Many of the best were taken to 
Warlaby to rejuvenate and refresh the Booth stocks, overdone 
by years of showyard fitting. 
