HUNTING LOCALITIES 191 



and lastly the train service to and from London has 

 been greatly improved in recent years, and now the 

 traveller can go through in about four hours without 

 the trouble of changing at York or Leeds. 



On the eastern side of the county of broad acres 

 Malton is undoubtedly the best hunting quarter, and 

 this we say advisedly, and without wishing to ignore 

 the Holderness. But the fact is that Malton is on the 

 borders of three countries. Lord Middleton's, the Sin- 

 nington, and Sir William Cooke's (formerly Sir Hugo 

 Fitzherbert's, before that Mr. Penn Sherbrooke's, and 

 before that Sir Everard Cayley's), and it is handy for the 

 best of the Sinnington, which is a fine grass vale, and 

 for the best of Sir William Cooke's in the vale of 

 the Yorkshire Derwent. Moreover, Lord Middleton's 

 kennels are only four miles from the town, and nearly 

 all his best meets within riding distance. The wold 

 country (Lord Middleton's) contains a great deal of 

 plough land, but is far lighter plough than that met 

 with on the plain of York, and the hounds are beyond 

 reproach, being one of the half-dozen best packs in the 

 kingdom. The best centre for the Holderness is 

 Beverley, and any one living in the Driffield district 

 can reach a good deal of Lord Middleton's wold 

 country. 



Scarborough as a hunting place is much better than 

 are many seaside watering-places, for there is a railway 

 from it right through Lord Middleton's, and another 

 right through the Holderness country. Then, again. 

 Lord Middleton's hounds are within riding distance 

 on one day of the week, and Sir William Cooke's on 

 about two hunting days out of three, and there is also 

 a railway line from Scarborough through the last- 

 named country to the Sinnington at Pickering. Lastly, 



