144 BILSDALE AND SINNIXGTON. 



If you wad like to kno whea was t' best man 

 at t' finish, why I can tell ye, it was Lord 

 Helmsley, yan o't' canniest young gentlemen as 

 ivver lived, an as good a rider across country as 

 ivver sat astride of a horse. Lord Castleray 

 didn't gan badly, neither did Mr. James Dun- 

 combe, but then they had twea horses apiece, and 

 Lord Helmsley only yan, but he was a clinker, 

 an I durst bet a wager, if his Lordship lives for 

 50 years to cum, an I seer I wish he may, hell 

 nivver ride a better. But we all did t' best we 

 could to see t' kill, and that's t' lang an t' short 

 on't. / nivver saw sike a run, and sal nivver see 

 sike another as lang as my name's 



Jack Parker.'" " 



Kirbymoorside Feb. 27th, 1877. 



Mr. Parrington resigned in 1884, and Avas 

 succeeded by Mr. Pobert Lesley, of Sinnington 

 Manor, who is still at the head of affairs. 



The veteran huntsman. Jack Parker, is what 

 is called in Yorkshire, a '^ character." Always 

 with some pithy remark calculated to draw a 

 laugh from his audience, he is a capital sportsman, 

 and although not particularly smart in his kennel 

 management according to modern ideas, in the 

 field he is bad to beat, especially with a wild hill 



■'■ The run took place on Saturday, February 24th, 1877. 

 This description of it is from the pen of Mr. Parrington. 



