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the end of his third season, and was succeeded by 

 that good all-round sportsman, the late Mr. A. 

 H. T. Newcomen, of Kirkleatham Hall. Sher- 

 wood was Mr. Newcomen's first huntsman, with 

 Jem Trivick from the York and Ainsty to turn 

 them to him. At the end of two years Sherwood 

 left, and was succeeded by Trivick, with Will 

 NicoU, also from the York, to whip. 



During the masterships of Mr. Wharton and 

 Mr. Newcomen an important infusion of new 

 blood was introduced. The old Cleveland hounds 

 were big and powerful, with wonderful noses and 

 a good cry. Mr. Andrew used to draft remorse- 

 lessly any hound at all given to running mute, 

 and even looked with aversion on any that were 

 light tongued. With so limited a subscription 

 (the largest amount ever paid to him in one year 

 was £250) it was of course not possible to breed 

 a large number of puppies, and, consequently, 

 some were put forward occasionally that other- 

 wise would not have been, and the pack was not 

 quite so level as the fastidious taste of the present 

 day would approve ; but, as we have seen, they 

 could give a good account of themselves in the 

 field. Mr. Wharton used tlie Hartforth blood 

 considerably, but the earliest important importa- 

 tion of new blood was made by Mr. Newcomen 

 when he purchased at Major Brown's sale the 

 three famous stud hounds. Admiral, General, and 

 Nelson, for which he gave lOU guineas. These 



