CHAPTER XI. 



York and Ainsty Huntsmen. 



Of the huntino- establishment of Colonel Thornton nothine 

 much is known, save that it was conducted in that extrava- 

 gant style which characterised everything which he did. 

 But one thing we do know about it, and that is that it 

 tin-ned out at least one good huntsman. This was George 

 Barwick, who entered under Colonel Thornton, and who was 

 huntsman to the Hertfordshire in 1823, when, so far as I 

 can gather, Mr. Broad was Master. Barwick did credit to 

 his early training, for he was a remarkably able and pains- 

 taking huntsman, very patient on a cold scent, and he showed 

 excellent sport in rather a difficult country. Contemporaries 

 speak well of him as a good man in the kennel as well as in 

 the field .About the greater part of his career, however, 

 history is silent, and nothing is known save that he 

 commenced his professional career at Thornville Royal, and 

 attained distinction in his calling. 



Who was the huntsman when the York and Ainsty 

 pack was first formed history does not relate, but we have 

 it, on the authority of Nimrod, that when Mr. Clough and 



