. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. , and for a considerablenumber of years, by permission of Sir Tatton Sykes, hunted aportion of the Wold country from Sherburn to Hunmanby,which was given up when Lord Middletons country wasformed. Mr. Hill became known as a famous houndsman, bothin kennel and on the flags. Some drafts also came fromDevonshire—presumably from a pack hunting the stag—as the object in view was to produce a faster and altogetherbigger hound—speed, yet with bone and substance. Erel
. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. , and for a considerablenumber of years, by permission of Sir Tatton Sykes, hunted aportion of the Wold country from Sherburn to Hunmanby,which was given up when Lord Middletons country wasformed. Mr. Hill became known as a famous houndsman, bothin kennel and on the flags. Some drafts also came fromDevonshire—presumably from a pack hunting the stag—as the object in view was to produce a faster and altogetherbigger hound—speed, yet with bone and substance. Erelong the Sinnington pack were—if not altogether level atthe outset—a very different lot to that which Mr. Kendallfound on taking the reins of office. Two hounds, of whichhe was particularly fond, because of their excellence in noseand speed, were Royal and Ruby, which invariably led thepack. There is still at Ness Hall a painting of a third hound,Batchelor, a black and white dog. = r---- p: Perhaps the first huntsman of the Sinnington was JimmyGowland, or Golden, who for forty-six years—possibly THE KENDALL FAMILY. 185. 186 Englands oldest hunt. from the date of the first Kendall—carried the horn overthis country. There is a quaint oil painting of him stillextant at Ness Hall, but the only record I can discover ofhis characteristics is what Miss Katherine Duncombe tells us In looking down a list of Sinnington huntsmen two names standout from the rest—those of Jimmy Gowland (Golden) and Jack former, of whom a quaint old oil-painting exists in the district,was huntsman for forty-six years—during the close of the eighteenth
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