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closely .associated hunting with drinking ; entirely at 

 variance with modern ideas, the fact is. Times have 

 altered for the better ! 



Our visit to the Sinnington kennel happened to be 

 on the hottest day of the year, ninety-three degrees 

 in the shade, and that too within twelve miles of the 

 east coast ! The young entry were the first Mr 

 Sherbrooke gave R. Sherwood the order to draw 

 for inspection. A big entry of young hounds are 

 required every season, for it is a country with all 

 sorts of going and steep hills, which try the stamina 

 of a pack, four seasons being the average period 

 of working capabihties. Thirteen couples was the 

 size of the entry, for the two-day-a-week pack of 

 thirty couples all told. The best of the young dog- 

 hounds were by Milton sires, and showed the char- 

 acteristics of that kennel, with a good many white 

 or nearh^ white hounds ; which colour Mr Sherbrooke 

 finds easy to sight in rough-going and hill-side cover. 

 The Sinnington has been described as " the best 

 two-day-a-week country in England," and a finer 

 line to ride than that from Tylar's Bridge and 

 Malton could hardly be found. The Sinnington 

 hounds are a pack with plenty of drive and tongue, 

 fit to go and no lumber to carry ; Mr Sherbrooke 

 liking a big lot in the field, twenty couples or more. 

 Foxes do not come to hand easily owing to the 

 character of the country, the number killed being no 

 criterion of the sport enjoyed. The greatest number 

 accounted for during Mr Sherbrooke 's master- 

 ship in a season is fifteen brace, with innumerable 

 runs which ended in " marked to ground," for in 

 the hill and moorland district, stopping is almost im- 

 possible. From Appleton Moor you get a view of 

 the whole county, and the vale of grass stretching 

 away into blue distance towards Malton, presents 



