CHAPTER XIV 



SOME YORKSHIRE HUNTING NOTES— LORD MIDDLETON'S, 

 THE HOLDERNESS, THE BEDALE, THE SINNINGTON, AND 

 THE HON. H. VANE'S HOUNDS 



Yorkshire hunting tradition ; and sport in every stage — Lord Middleton's 

 kennel of foxhounds for working blood — The present and ninth Lord 

 Middleton as a public worker and master of hounds — The late Sir Tatton 

 Sykes' hounds — The succession of masters since 1764 — The Sykes and 

 Willoughby families hold the mastership for one hundred years — The 

 succession of huntsmen to the pack — On the flags at Birdsall — Captain 

 the Hon. Francis Johnstone, and Rev. Cecil Legard judging the entry 

 — Tom Bishopp the huntsman — The young entry for 191 1 — The entry 

 of 1910 and Belvoir Stormer — Lord Middleton's Stalwart (1907) — 

 Lord Middleton's Deacon (1905) — Lord Middleton's Viceroy (1903) — 

 Lord ^Middleton's Rector (1906) — Lord Middleton's home-bred hunters 

 and their pedigrees — What Parson John Russell said about pony blood 

 — The mares — The thoroughbred sires — The Holderness kennel in 

 1902, and the Peterborough winners Handel and Sanguine — Mr Harry 

 Whitworth at Scorborough Hall — Mr James Hall's mastership, 1847 

 to 1877 — His famous stud of hunters — Two hard-riding clerics, the 

 Rev. Cecil Legard and the Rev. J. P. Seabrooke — Brief history of the 

 Holderness hunt from 1726 — Blacklock second in the Leger of 18 17, 

 and his famous descendants — Altisidora, winner of the Leger in 18 13, 

 and the inn signboard — Mr Robert Vyner of Notitia Venatica fame — 

 The kennels at Cherry Burton — The hunt horses — The 19 10 entry 

 of young hounds — Holderness Trojan (1908) — Mr H. Preston, editor 

 of "Foxhound Stud-book" — The dog-hounds — Lord Lonsdale's 

 Sergeant (1910), purchased for the Holderness kennel — The Bedale 

 hounds — Mr John Moubray, master since 1904 — Peter Farrelly, the 

 huntsman — The Bedale 19 10 en try — Bedale WeUington (1908) — Bedale 

 Galloper (1910) — The pack on the flags — Frank Freeman and Sam 

 Gillson former huntsmen — The kennels at Leeming Bar — The Sinning- 

 ton said to be the oldest hunt — The master Mr Penn C. Sherbrooke — 

 The changes made by Mr R. Clayton Swan — Peterborough successes — 

 Mr Alfred " Nimrod " Pearson — Mr Tom Parrington — Jack Parker — 

 At the Sinnington kennel to see the entry — The nature of the country — 

 A good day's sport and the Scots Greys join the field — The field out, 

 March 9th, 191 1 — Prince Arthur of Connaught presented with the 

 mask — The Hill and Johnstone family, masters of a Yorkshire pack 

 for ninety-two years — Sir Everard Cayley — Mr Robin Hill — The Hon. 

 H. Vane, master of the pack — The kennels at Snainton — The 191 1 

 entry — The characteristics of the pack — The hunt horses. 



