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given, the picture being painted by Miss Collier. In the 

 meantime, complications arose in Sir Everard Cayley's 

 country, which resulted in the hunt establishment coming 

 under the hammer. The Hunt Committee cast around for 

 another master, and eventually induced Mr. Sherbrooke, 

 who had purchased the Douthwaite Dale estate a short time 

 previously, to come forward and take the reins of office once 

 more. He was lent hounds and horses by Lord Downe, 

 Capt. Hon. F. Johnstone, and Mr. Brown, of Scalby (who 

 had purchased them from Sir Everard Cayley's creditors) 

 for the season 1905-6. All this was four weeks prior to 

 the commencement of the regular season. The new master 

 was strange to the hounds and they to him, so he asked 

 Mr. Robin Hill, who had carried the horn for Sir Everard, 

 to hunt them for one season. In the spring of 1906, 

 he was asked to continue his mastership, so bought 

 hounds and horses. With Mr. Robin Hill as whip 

 to him (as before in the Sinnington country) and Richard 

 Sherwood as kennel huntsman, he commenced the cubbing 

 season hunting hounds himself, though residing seventeen 

 miles from the kennels. 



On December 18th, 1905, the Sinnington Hounds met at 

 Douthwaite Hall to present the picture by Miss Collier to 

 their late master, and another tribute to Mrs. Sherbrooke. 

 The artist, who is an old friend of the Sherbrookes, most 

 happily portrayed Mr. and Mrs. Sherbrooke and Mr. Robin 

 Hill mounted near Riseborough Hagg. The picture is preg- 

 nant with life. Mrs. Sherbrooke has viewed a fox away, and is 

 pointing to where she saw him, the Master is going full gallop 

 to the spot blowing his hounds out of the covert at the corner 

 of which stands Mr. Robin Hill, cracking his whip and no 

 doubt shouting, "Ger away, hark ! hark ! holloa ! " to 

 hounds in covert. 



A large company were present, amongst them being 

 Viscount and Lady Helmsley, Viscount and Lady Garnock, 

 Colonel Scoby, Colonel Page-Henderson, Major Baker, 

 Captain Clive Behrens, Mr. T. Parrington, Mr. J. Petch, 

 Mr. and Miss Kendall, Mr. R. and Miss Hill, Mr. F. and Mr. T. 



