116 BILSDALE AND SINNINGTON. 



-;;- u "J Iqi-^^" gr^i^ Bobby Dowson, who has 

 whipped in to the Bilsdale for fifty years, " owt 

 to be prouder o' that steean than o' all his 

 possessions ; " and then, after a few moments 

 thought, he added, " ah should." 



The Duke's memory is kindly cherished 

 amongst Bilsdale sportsmen, and he must have 

 been a very different man to what Pope's venom- 

 ous lines would lead one to expect. It is evident 

 from the enthusiastic manner in which he hunted a 

 difficult country that he was a first-rate sportsman, 

 and as Bobby Dowson remarked, '' that hides a 

 lot o' fauts." He died from the efiects of a chill 

 caught whilst digging out a fox, and not as Pope 

 would imply, from a long course of dissipation. 



In the early years of the present century, and 

 probably in the last decade of the previous one, 

 Wm. Garbutt was at the head of affairs, "'t main 

 man," as they say in Bilsdale. Like the im- 

 mortal Jorrocks, he seems to have been 'unkimmon 

 fond of 'unting,' for he is known in that sporting 

 neighbourhood ns 'Hunter' Garbutt, and it was 

 only by diligent enquiry that we were able to 

 discover his real name. He was a hard and 

 reckless rider, and a good huntsman. One run 

 during his mastership is deserving of especial 

 notice, as it is probably the last occasion that a 

 wild stag was killed with hounds in Yorkshire. 

 On the 10th of April, 1 821, they found a stag in 



■'' Lord Fevershara, who owus the dale. 



