. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. upiedthe chair, and Mr. Swalwell, the huntsman, the vice. The dinner,well-served up by Mr. Curry, was excellent, and reflected great crediton him. F. Bell, Esq., entered the room about seven oclock, amidstgreat cheering. He said he had not come to interfere with their enjoy-ment, but to wish them their very good healths. It gave him pleasureto see them all looking so well, and he hoped that they would still dotheir best to preserve the foxes in their different
. England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years. upiedthe chair, and Mr. Swalwell, the huntsman, the vice. The dinner,well-served up by Mr. Curry, was excellent, and reflected great crediton him. F. Bell, Esq., entered the room about seven oclock, amidstgreat cheering. He said he had not come to interfere with their enjoy-ment, but to wish them their very good healths. It gave him pleasureto see them all looking so well, and he hoped that they would still dotheir best to preserve the foxes in their different districts, so that whenthe hunting season set in there would be no lack of sport. We needscarcely observe that the greatest harmony and good feeling were theorder of the evening. THE HAMBLETON HOUNDS. 79 Extract from paper dated June 16, 1860 (probably TheField ) :— The sport with the Hambleton does not look so well on paper as it deserves to do ; for in that country it is impossible to stop theearths, and a great number of the foxes make their retreat secure inthe numerous fissures in the rocks and crags. The country is, with. SIB CHARLES SLINGSBY. the exception of one or two pretty good meets, very severe, being allby the Hambleton Hills. It is fairly supplied with foxes, but they canhardly be said to be abundant. No cubs were killed, and but eightbrace of foxes, while of that number run to ground, which were many,no account has been kept. Master, F. Bell, Esq. Huntsman, ThomasSwalwell. The Bilsdale do not to this day hunt cubs, except onone of those bye-days which Mr. Jorrocks used to have, orcasually when hounds are out at exercise. Eight brace wasreally not a bad record, for in a rough country of this characterthe number of foxes killed is no criterion as to the amount ofsport enjoyed. Mr. Swarbreck says :— I cannot remember or make out when the Hunt ceased to brother and I have been up at 4 to ride to Hambleton to meetthe pack in an endeavour to kill a
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