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but he did not keep them long, and retired in 

 1792. Old records rekxte that Mr. Legard kept 

 a pack of hounds in the country for two years, 

 and then the country was vacant from 1794 to 

 1799. 



In 1799 Mr. C. Duncombe got a lot of hounds 

 together, and hunted the whole of the East 

 Hiding, living at Fangfoss, where he kept the 

 hounds. He was master until 1804, when he 

 handed his hounds over to Sir Masterman Mark 

 Sykes, who continued to hunt the extensive 

 country which his predecessor had done. He 

 drafted a large portion of the hounds which he 

 kept at Brandesburton, but only retained the 

 mastership two years. 



The country was then hunted by subscription, 

 with Sir M. M. Sykes, Mr. Watt, and Mr. Digby 

 Legard as a Committee, Mr. Legard farming the 

 hounds. 



This arrangement lasted until 1811, when Sir 

 Mark Sykes again took possession of the country, 

 and ''Sykes Gone way" became the motto of the 

 hunt. Mr. Tatton Sykes managed the hounds, 

 which were kennelled at Eddlethorpe where he 

 resided, and the country remained the same for 

 four years. But it was too extensive to hunt 

 properly, and in 1815 it Avas divided, and 

 the Holderness Hunt was established, with 

 Mr. Digby Legard as master, and kennels at 

 Etton. 



