CHAPTER II 



A RUN WITH THE SINNINGTON 



The Sinnington Hounds and Jack Parker Lord Feversham and Lord 

 Helmsley The Weighted Hound Away from Seamer Wood 

 Alone with Jack Parker " Ne mair use than a lass i' frocks ! " 

 Wrath of Lord Feversham Exciting Run Lord Helmsley 

 en avant "Stop him, somebody !" Whoop ! 



I OUGHT, I think, to give precedence over my first 

 chapter to a reminiscence of the early seventies, 

 when Jack Parker and the Sinnington were famous 

 in the land. Never did I enjoy such sport as with 

 them, and in Blair Athol I described with accuracy not 

 merely the pack and country, but also a never-to-be- 

 forgotten run with the Sinnington, the characters being 

 but very slightly disguised. Thus the Lord Feversham 

 of that day was Lord Neversham, his son and heir, 

 Lord Helmsley one of the best from any point of 

 view whatever Lord Tillersley, and so on. Now I 

 propose to take the account of that run for it was a 

 strictly true account and give the characters in their 

 real names. 



The meet in question was at Nunnington, and 

 around Nunnington there is, or used to be, a fair amount 

 of good country, but when you got into the hills, unless 

 you were to the manner born, you would be astonished 

 and perplexed, half desirous to proceed in safety on foot. 



These hills got wilder and more difficult for the 

 ordinary horseman as you proceeded here and there 



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