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CHAPTER III. 



Mr. Ralph Creyke, Mr. S. Bateman, and 

 Sir Charles Slingsby. 



On Mr. Lloyd's retirement Mr. Ralph Creyke assumed the 

 reins of office, with Will Danby still as huntsman. His first 

 season was characterised by a large influx of strangers who 

 came to York for the hunting season, amongst them being 

 Lord Eglinton, who brought with him a fine stud of 

 hunters. He was the owner of the Flying Dutchman and 

 other famous horses, and was a fine horseman. His visit 

 to York was the subject of a paragraph in the Doncaster 

 Gazette, in which it was casually remarked that Mr. Ralph 

 Creyke had already shown some good sport. 



Early on in Mr. Creyke's first season (1841-42) there was a 

 good run, and as had frequently happened during the rule of 

 his predecessor, it took place in the Goldsborough country ; 

 or to be more correct, it began there. They found in 

 Goldsborough Wood, and went away at once, crossing the 

 river to Ribston Spring. Thence they ran by Braham Wood 

 nearly to Deighton Spring, and crossing Crimple beck they 

 ran by Spofforth, Stockeld, to Sicklinghall, where they were 



