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as long as I hold the mastership of the Sinnington Hounds I am prepared 

 to do my utmost as in the past in the breeding of good hounds suitable 

 to the district and hunting it properly. When the time comes for me 

 to give up the mastership I hope you will not have to look for a master. 

 I have no doubt one can be found close by."' 



Lord Helmsley, in proposing the toast of the judges em- 

 ployed that day, expressed the hope that the rumours regard- 

 ing Mr. Sherbrooke's impending resignation were not true, as 

 he felt "they would never get a successor to equal him." Mr. 

 Shaw (Welburn Hall), in proposing " The ladies and Mrs. 

 Sherbrooke," said whatever Mr. Sherbrooke had done for 

 them, Mrs. Sherbrooke had exceeded it. On replying, the 

 Master said that if he did give up the hounds, and they 

 considered that by so doing they were losing a good master, 

 he could assure them they were losing a far better mistress. 



Mr. Sherbrooke resigned at the end of the season 1903-4, 

 and as was expected Viscount Helmsley succeeded him. 

 On March 13, 1904, a meeting of the Hunt Committee was 

 held at Kirbymoorside, when Lord Helmsley presided, and 

 ic was then decided that Mr. Sherbrooke should not be 

 allowed to retire without some token of high appreciation 

 of the manner in which he had hunted the country, and of 

 the sincere esteem and regard in which he and Mrs. 

 Sherbrooke are held throughout the district. A 

 substantial sum was promised at the meeting. Ten 

 days later a meeting was held to formally receive the 

 resignation and make arrangements for the future hunting 

 of the country. Amongst those present were Lord Fever- 

 sham, Lord Helmsley, Mr. P. C. Sherbrooke, Lord Garnock, 

 Capt. N. Shaw, Mr. Tom Parrington, Col. Scoby, Mr. Robin 

 Hill, Mr. John Brown and Mr. Alfred Pearson. The Earl of 

 Feversham took the chair, and expressed regret that Mr. 

 Sherbrooke could not be induced to continue as master. 

 Although his lordship's hunting days were over he had always 

 heard with the greatest pleasure of the fine sport which 

 Mr. Sherbrooke had shown, and whoever succeeded him 

 would find it difficult to achieve the success of the late Master. 

 Lord Feversham then moved : — 



" That the Members of the Sinnington Hunt receive with great 



