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CHAPTER VII. 



Captain Slingsby, Captain Brocklehurst, and 

 Colonel York. 



Captain Slingsby commenced his mastership with John 

 HoUidge as huntsman, and after three years of service 

 George Gillson came in his place, HolHdge retiring from 

 the profession. It is to be regretted that there is not 

 much forthcoming concerning the sport which was shown 

 by Captain Slingsby during his four years of mastership. 

 He kept no diary, and information from other sources is 

 scanty. I have only been able to get an account of one 

 run, but it was a run of exceptional excellence, one that 

 will live amongst the great runs for which the country has 

 been famous since its earliest days. It took place on 

 January 6th, iSSi, when Hollidge carried the horn. The 

 fixture would probably be Burton Leonard, for they found 

 their first fox at Burton Wood, and ran by Copgrove 

 Hall, through Burton Leonard village, leaving South 

 Stainley on the right and through the top of Cayton Gill, 

 marking their fox to ground within a field of Clint. This 

 was a good run over a fine wild country, and by itself 

 would have made a good day's sport. Indeed, Captain 



