CHAPTER XI. 



ME. H. W. SELBY LOWNDES AS M.F.H. 



Before Mr. H. W. Selby Lowndes (now Master of the East 

 Kent) took the mastership of the Bilsdale Hounds, there 

 was a talk^of him reviving the old Eskdale pack, which 



HANDLEY CROSS, CARLTON-IN-CLEVELAND. 



Mr. Singleton, who was " a boy to go," hunted for a short 

 time, and with which Mr. David Smallwood showed such 

 excellent sport. This, however, was found impracticable, so 

 hearing the Bilsdale were without a Master, he saw the hounds 

 and some of the sportsmen, the result being that he was 

 elected Master for three years on April 8th, 1897. Eventually, 

 he took up his residence in a new house built for him by the 

 Vicar of Carlton-in- Cleveland, and appropriately enough 



