. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. ingtonsaid it was very plucky of the Bilsdale farmers to carry on the huntin the manner they had done. He wished them all good sport, andhoped they would remain the best of friends, which was essential tothe successful carrying on of a hunt. After the toast of the BilsdaleHunt had been proposed, Mr. Chapman Garbutt asked those presentto honour that of Bobbie Dawson, who, he said, was tbest sportsmanwhat ivver follered hoonds. He added : Sixty years is a long t
. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. ingtonsaid it was very plucky of the Bilsdale farmers to carry on the huntin the manner they had done. He wished them all good sport, andhoped they would remain the best of friends, which was essential tothe successful carrying on of a hunt. After the toast of the BilsdaleHunt had been proposed, Mr. Chapman Garbutt asked those presentto honour that of Bobbie Dawson, who, he said, was tbest sportsmanwhat ivver follered hoonds. He added : Sixty years is a long timeto act as whip, but thats t time that Bobbies been at tgam. Duringthese remarks the veteran sat still, as during the singing of Hes ajolly good fellow. Then the grand old man of Bilsdale rose to his feet,and thus delivered himself : Why Ah hev ta thank Chappie an onean all. Ah hope Ah sail last anuther year or tweea, but yan nivverknaws. Ah hope thunt 11 alius gan on, an Ah will saay at thoondawe hev noo are ez fahn a lot ez we hev hed sen tawd Deeak deed. Theygie tongue weel, an thats a gret thing. Ah heeard tCleveland at ?. SPOUT HOUSE (THE SUM INN), BILSDALE. EVOLUTION OF THE PACK. 121 Stowsley last year, an they didnt gie tongue a bit. Why, when oorhoonds kiU ya might think wa hed a pack o fifty couple oot. Thosepresent stood up in silence as a mark of respect to the memory of DickSpink and George Bell, who for years had never missed the annualdinner. Glasses were reversed, and the forms of the departed sportsmenrose before us in memory. It was hardly like a Bilsdale Hunt gatheringnot to see them there. It was of another hunt gathering at Spout House Inn,when all the old characters were assembled, that the followingverses were written by the author :— The rain poured down, and the wind blew chill, When the sportsmen gathered to chat oer the kill, To crack of the sport they all love so well, And each his own favourite story to tell. A party of sportsmen, of fox-hunting
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