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"No, No!" intervened Mr. Chapman, "keep 

 yonr temper, I'll make him suffer in another way." 



So he did. The case was brought up and Sir 

 John had to pay £50 and costs. The event was 

 -celebrated shortly after, by a dinner to the 

 members of the hunt, at Palmer Flatt, and after 

 dinner, the late Mr. George Winn, of Askrigg, 

 sang the song "Cloudy" which he composed. 



The second took place, I think, in the sixties, 

 when the Rev. Mr. Wray rented the shooting of 

 Thoresby. The hounds were out otter hunting 

 wrhen his keeper Sharp shot a hound near Redmire 

 Fors. Fortunately sufficient evidence was forth- 

 <;oming to carry a conviction, and he was made 

 lo pay £20 for it. 



Another, the most cruel incident I remember was 

 when we found a hound ham-strung, and unfor- 

 tunately, in this case, we could not obtain quite 



