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regret the resignation of Mr. Sherbrooke as Master, and beg to record 

 their high appreciation of the sportsman-like manner in which ho has 

 hunted the Sinnington for the last ten years." 



Col. Scoby seconded the resolution, which was carried 

 unanimously. Mr. Alfred Pearson, after adding his regrets, 

 and paying some happy compliments to Mrs. Sherbrooke, 

 read a letter from Mr. Sherbrooke, the effect of which was 

 that he would take none of the hounds away, and that he 

 would leave all the puppies and two hunting horses for 

 the Master. Mr. Sherbrooke said that when he came 

 into the country he was welcomed in the most hearty 

 manner, and from that time to the present he had been 

 assisted in his duties as Master from all classes, from peer to 

 peasant. This had rendered his task a most pleasant one. 

 If he had afforded fox-hunters pleasant days and promoted 

 good fellowship among them, any trouble and expense he 

 had been put to had been amply repaid. Mr. Tom Par- 

 rington then proposed Lord Helmsley to succeed the retiring 

 Master. The proposition was received with great cheering. 

 Mr. Hopkins seconded the resolution, which was carried with 

 loud acclamations of pleasure. Lord Helmsley recognised 

 the honour, which he confessed it had been one of the ambi- 

 tions of his life to reach. He had reaped much benefit in 

 watching and riding with Mr. Sherbrooke, and thanked him 

 for his gift to the hunt. The Chairman then moved a 

 resolution recognising the services of the Secretary (Mr. 

 " Nimrod " Pearson), whom he said carried out his duties 

 with great zeal and ability, and in addition could hold his 

 own across the country. He was a thorough sportsman 

 with his heart in the right place, and he thought it was the 

 duty of the hunt to recognise such devoted services. Mr. 

 Sherbrooke seconded the motion, to which Mr. Pearson 

 replied in a sporting manner. 



On the 15th March following, a meeting was held at the 

 Court-house, Helmsley, Lord Feversham presiding, when it 

 was agreed to present Mr. and Mrs. Sherbrooke with a por- 

 trait of themselves on horseback, with Riseboro 5 covert 

 as a back ground. To each subscriber a photogravure was 



