. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. MRS. lENN sll EH BROOKE, MR. PENN C. SHERBROOKE. 243 hounds may find a fox, and be out of sight down some ravineor ghyll in a very short period, and unless one is conversantwith the district and the run of foxes in that particularpart of it, it is possible one may see naught of the run or ofhounds for some time. However, the moorland and bog didnot daunt Mr. Sherbrooke, nor indeed should it, for Brooksby says that the greater part of it is smoother. MR. PENN C
. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. MRS. lENN sll EH BROOKE, MR. PENN C. SHERBROOKE. 243 hounds may find a fox, and be out of sight down some ravineor ghyll in a very short period, and unless one is conversantwith the district and the run of foxes in that particularpart of it, it is possible one may see naught of the run or ofhounds for some time. However, the moorland and bog didnot daunt Mr. Sherbrooke, nor indeed should it, for Brooksby says that the greater part of it is smoother. MR. PENN C. SHERBROOKE. riding than the hills of High Leicestershire, and Mr. Par-rington, in addition to saying he considers the Sinnington the best two days a week country in England, adds thata finer line of country than that from Tylars Bridge andMalton could hardly be found. Mr. Swan left Mr. Sherbrooke 17 couples of old and younghounds, quite naturally taking the pick of the pack withhim to the Morpeth country. To the hounds he found on hisarrival, the new Master added some Burton and Blankneyblood, and then steadily bred from Bel voir sires throughoutthe ten years of his era. He was fortunate enough to geta premium at Peterborough with Rambler, by BelvoirRusticus (94) and Sinnington Rosalind (88) in 1890—oneof three offered for single unentered dog hounds from packs,which had never won a first prize before at the show. Also 244 Englands oldest hunt. he carried off first prize for brood bitches in 1903 at Peter-borough with Pastime, by Holderness Steadfast (96)—Sinnington Pe
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