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fully keen man, and one of the best masters the trencher-fed 

 pack ever had. Sir William Worsley would only be master 

 a short time. I wish I could help you, but my experience 

 only goes back about 35 years." 



In 1875, Mr. Robert Ellerby, of Salton, a straight rider 

 and good sportsman, became Master. 



He was one of the old-school, and possessed all those 

 hard living traits which only the constitutions and open-air 

 lives of the squirearchy of that period could stand. He was 

 a very methodical man, and never missed Malton Market for 

 many years. If he had no business, he had his position as 

 head of the table and carver at the Black Bull market 

 ordinary. He was fond of youngsters, and there are those 

 to-day following the Sinnington Hounds who were encouraged 

 by him as they galloped up on their ponies at a check or 

 somewhat late at the obsequies of the fox. He had a cheery 

 disposition and a sporting face, bub I can find little or 

 nothing regarding his term of mastership from 1875 to 1879. 

 He was followed by that famous sportsman, Mr. Thomas 

 Parrington. 



Mr. A. Pearson has sent me an old balance sheet of the 

 Sinnington Hunt for 1875, the first year of Mr. Ellerby's 

 mastership, which I here give : — 



Balance Sheet — The Sinnington Hunt. 



