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a fine hunting panorama. A well-bred horse that can 

 gallop and stay is necessary to keep hounds in view 

 on a scenting day, for the strong black thorn-fences 

 come quickly, and ditches are wide. The extent 

 of the country is twenty miles by ten miles, con- 

 sisting of hill and vale ; the latter excellent riding 

 with good scenting qualities, and there is practically 

 no wire. 



The following is an extract from the diary of the 

 Sinnington hunt, setting forth an excellent run seen 

 during March 191 1, being one of a sequence of good 

 days, when the officers of the Scots Greys, stationed 

 at York, joined the field and quickened up the hunt. 

 On Thursday, March 9th, the meet was 11. 15 at 

 Marton village, and Mr Penn C. Sherbrooke, joint- 

 master and huntsman was in command, in the 

 absence of Lord Helmsley, master, kept away by 

 Parliamentary duties. Besides the usual followers 

 of the Sinnington hunt there were out : Prince 

 Arthur of Connaught, Captain Seymour, Captain 

 Walter Long, Mr Pender, Lord Eliot and others of 

 the Scots Greys ; Captain Burrell, 12th Lancers, Mrs 

 Hohler of the York and Ainsty hunt. The regular 

 foHowing of the Sinnington hunt includes Mr 

 Edward Shaw, and Miss Shaw, Captain and Mrs 

 Behrens, Mrs and Miss Hunter, the Hon. Gervase 

 and Miss Beckett, Mr and Miss W. W. Lupton, Mr 

 G. Lloyd Prescott, Captain Deakin, Mr E. S. Horton, 

 Miss Innes Hopkins, Miss Cooper, Major Baker, 

 Captain Fuller, Mr K. H. Beaumont, Mr E. J. 

 Radcliffe, Mr T. Laughton, Mr Henry Cholmondeley, 

 Mr Robert Pearson, Mr Wihiam Brown, Mr J. Mason, 

 Mr C. S. Hopkins, Colonel Scoby and Mr Scoby, 

 Miss Harrison, Mr J. Petch, Mr Marcus Kendall, 

 Mr G. S. Hill, Mr L. H. Beaumont, Mrs Hall, Miss 

 Fisher, Miss D. Darley, Mrs Wickham Boynton, 



