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which are within the borders of the two neighbouring hunts — 

 the Bilsdale and Farndale. His family connections with the 

 country, therefore, with his sporting qualifications, clearly 

 indicated Lord Helmsley as the right man for the office ; 

 and the two seasons of his mastership have been conspicuously 

 successful. 



The farmers in the Sinnington country are very keen about 

 hunting, and they, the majority of them tenants of the Earl 

 of Feversham, compose the field to a great extent. A good 



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many of the Sinnington farmers are horse breeders, and still 

 more of them make a business of buying young ones and 

 making them for sale. Thus possessing a practical interest 

 in sport to add to their natural appreciation of it, they are 

 to a man good fox preservers, and warm supporters of the 

 Hunt. The Sinnington consists of hill and vale country, 

 and the former, locally called the " high " country, has been 

 the scene of some very good runs during the past season 

 (1905-6). During the last fortnight they had an excellent 

 day ; two runs each of an hour, finishing with a kill in the 

 open. Another run from Muscoates up to Rievaulx earlier 



