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hounds were admirable workers, and their stock 

 have shown great excellence. 



After carrying the horn five years Mr. Newco- 

 men resigned, and there was considerable difficulty 

 in getting anyone to come forward to fill his place. 

 He was indeed a bad man to follow, and it was 

 not to be wondered at that many fought shy of 

 following a man who had hunted the country so 

 thoroughly, and done so much to improve the 

 hounds. 



After lengthy negotiations had taken j^hice, 

 Mr. John Proud, of Yearby, a well-known farmer 

 and enthusiastic sportsman, accepted the master- 

 ship. Trivick went to the Hurworth, and was 

 succeeded by Will Nicoll, with Charley Mason 

 as whip. Nicoll carried the horn during the 

 seven years of Mr. Proud's mastership, but 

 Charley left after the second season, and was 

 succeeded by Ben Shutt, who remained with Mr. 

 Proud till he gave up the hounds in 1886. 



During the seven years of Mr. Proud's 

 mastership fresh blood was constantly introduced, 

 and the first-rate s^^ort shown by him bore ample 

 testimony to the benefit the pack had derived 

 from the judicious crosses that had been brought 

 into it in his time and that of his immediate pre- 

 decessors. During Mr. Thomas Andrew's time the 

 principal importations of new blood consisted of 

 drafts from Wentworth and Milton, and so largely 

 had this blood been used that a majority of the 



