JACK PABKER. 



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Sweet on the ear would sing Jack's cheery voice. 

 But no, it may not be, the act is done, 

 The curtain falls, the dire applause is won. 

 Yes, for 'mid all who, be they high or low, 

 Battle their lives out in the world of woe ; 

 None in his place more honest, true, and kind, 

 Has left a record of his life behind, 

 None to our hearts who knew him and held dear, 

 In sympathy of sport has come more dear, 

 Tried well and trusted, so he played his part, 

 Nor needed prompting from his genial heart. 

 Good-bye, old friend, I cannot call thee back, 

 Nor in the whole world find thy fellow, Jack. 



Jack was followed by Tom Horsman as huntsman. 



TOM HORSMAN, WHO WHIPPED TO JACK PABKER AND 

 FOLLOWED HIM AS, HUNTSMAN. 



Tom had been whip to Jack Parker for many years, a very 

 good one too. He is still in the flesh and keeps an inn at 

 Oswaldkirk, where many a tough fox is re-killed over the 

 fire, and many a day re-lived. 



I left the history of the hunt to deal with Jack Parker's 

 connection with it at the time when Mr. William Kendall 

 was at the head of the Sinnington. He was followed by his 

 nephew, Mr. Tom Kendall, who found that the subscriptions 



