APPENDIX, 



THE SINNINGTON HUNT 



When this volume was in the press I happened to 

 come across some very interesting information respect- 

 ing the early history of the Sinnington hunt. I was 

 returning from hunting, and whilst waiting for the train 

 was accosted by a man who was evidently a tirst-rate 

 sportsman. After we had talked over the somewhat tame 

 proceedings of the day, neighbouring hunts were men- 

 tioned, and as soon as the Sinnington was named I 

 found that my companion was in possession of some 

 information which I had hitherto looked for in vain. I 

 accordingly made arrangements with him for an interview, 

 the result of which is given below. 



It seems that in the early part of the eigliteenth 

 century a man named John Such hunted the hounds, 

 and my informant has in his possession an old drinking 

 horn which was the property of that worthy. The edges 

 had got broken and ragged with extreme age and had 

 been cut down ; but luckily the quaint and spirited 

 designs remain uninjured. " Jno. Such 1714 " is at the top 

 of the horn, and immediately below is the representation 

 of a country seat bearing a strong resemblance to 

 Duncombe Park, and a lady and a gentleman are 

 riding to the meet. On the other side the central 

 figure is the huntsman holding the iox up amidst the 

 baying pack ; whilst the field are " arriving as they best 

 can." The designs seem as if they had been burnt in, and 

 were probably commemorative of some famous run, of 

 which unfortunately no record is in existence. 



Amongst others who have hunted the Sinnington were 

 John Atkinson, George Brown, John Waring, and a man 



