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Mr Robin Hill's fox-leg cigarette 

 holder. 



SOME YORKSHIRE HUNTING NOTES 225 



Sir Everard Cayley commenced a five seasons 



mastership, and succeeded in obtaining the services 



of Mr Robin Hill, an amateur huntsman, son and 



grandson of former masters. 



Mr Robin Hill, at one time ^^ ^rj 



acted as joint-whipper-in to 



the adjoining Sinnington -^^ 



Hunt, a year later becom- ,--^ -> 



ing huntsman to both 



packs ; hunting hounds four 



days a week in the two 



counties. In 1905 Mr 



Penn Sherbrooke held a 



brief mastership, to be 



succeeded by the Hon. H. 



Vane— son of Lord Barnard 



— who is the reigning master, and carries the horn 



himself. 



During August 191 1, we had the pleasure of 

 visiting the old kennels at Snainton, on the high 

 road, midway between Scarborough and Malt on, 

 the occasion being Mr Vane's puppy show. The 

 judges on this occasion were two ex-masters of the 

 pack, the Hon. F. Johnstone, and Mr Penn Sher- 

 brooke ; with Mr Robin Hill a spectator, smoking 

 his favourite cigarette holder made from the thigh 

 bone of a fox's leg ; the trophy of a memorable 

 day's sport. The kennel -huntsman, Bert Thatcher, 

 brother of Arthur Thatcher of Cottesmore fame, 

 had a useful entry of nine couples to put forward, 

 the best young dog and bitch being of the same 

 litter, by name Dalesman and Destiny, sired by 

 Lanark and Renfrew Romeo (1904), from Ather- 

 stone Dingle (1906). The second prize dog was 

 Vanguard by Mr Fernie's Ferryman (1903), a rare sort 

 of hunting-hound who strains back to Ouorn Alfred. 



