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on enthusiastically, Lord Middleton's and Capt. 

 Johnstone's foxhounds, and Sir Charles Legard's 

 harriers keeping the game alive in winter, whilst 

 in summer the pack of otterhounds lately formed 

 by Sir Charles Legard will serve to keep the 

 votary of Diana in good condition, and furnish 

 occupation for him two or three days a week, 

 waters permitting. 



Cricket, too, has prospered at the little North 

 Ridino' town ; and at one time the victories of 

 the Malton team were almost without a check. 



With the Rye and its tributaries within easy 

 reach, and the Derwent full of pike, the disciples 

 of Izaak Walton have a rosy time, and many a 

 marvellous story do they tell of gigantic trout 

 and other finny monsters, of wondrous flies, and 

 miraculous captures. 



And in the depth of winter, wlien the earth is 

 frost bound, racehorses are relegated to the 

 straw beds, and hounds are kept in the kennel, 

 the ' roaring game ' is in full progress, and with 

 William I' Anson as skip the Malton Curling 

 Club is an awkward team to tackle. Of a truth 

 Malton is a perfect paradise for an all round 

 sportsman. 



With racing Malton has been connected since 

 the early part of last century, and the records of 

 the turf are full of the ' good things ' pulled off 

 by Malton-trained horses. The first great Malton 

 trainer of whom history makes any mention is 



