ENGLISH DRIVING 175 



It takes a great deal to astonish a Yorkshireman ; 

 this is one of his most distinctive attributes ; and if 

 any competent Yorkshire authority such as Lord 

 Walsingham or Mr. Rimington- Wilson told a man of 

 York that an effort to kill 2,000 brace in one day was 

 contemplated, he would be delighted, not surprised at 

 the idea, and only ask for the privilege of helping to 

 do it. There is therefore no difficulty about obtaining 

 drivers, and those of the most willing sort. Many of 

 them will be glad to help without any payment, and 

 the older hands among them will have besides a 

 complete knowledge of the mysteries of flanking, wind, 

 c\:c., a shrewd judgment of the comparative merits of 

 the shooters engaged, and often a wager on the 

 probable scores of their favourite champions. Last 

 but not least, if the head keeper is a good man, 

 they have implicit confidence in, and great respect 

 for, him and his prowess ; and as a consequence 

 he can keep them all under discipline, and turn 

 them all to account in the management of his 

 birds. 



It will readily be seen what an important factor 

 lliis spirit among the inhabitants becomes towards the 

 success of those great days on the more renowned 

 moors, which seem to provide an ever-recurring sense 

 of wonderment even to those who have often taken 



