Chapter VIII 



The Rev, Charles Slingsby — Lover of Nature and Sport — A Bad Fall — Curious 

 Coincidence — Sir Charles Slingsby, M.F.H. — His Tragic Death — The Ferry- 

 boat Disaster — Mr. Clare Vyner Saves a Friend — Education of Rev. Charles 

 Slingsby — The English Church Union — Marriage and Hunting on a Small 

 Income — Lord William Beresford in a Ditch — Captain Forester Master of 

 the Quorn — A Yorkshire Song — History Repeats Itself — Another Tragedy 

 — An Impressive Scene — Animal Instincts — A Devoted Fox-Terrier- — Arch- 

 bishop of York Preaches a Sporting Sermon — A Memorial Window — A Dis- 

 covery at Harrogate — A Scarborough Barber Writes Verses — Sir Eric Gcddcs 

 at Scriven. 



THE REV. CHARLES SLINGSBY, of Scriven Park, was 

 one of the best-known members of the York and 

 Ainsty Himt ; a man of marked personahty, with the 

 charming smile born of a kindly heart, a good Churchman, a 

 high-principled, kindly neighbour, genial and courteous in the 

 extreme — qualities that endear a man to all around him. 



He was I-ord of the Manor, patron of two livings, magistrate 

 of the West Riding of Yorkshire, a keen sportsman and a true 

 lover of nature, appreciating all her favours, and possessed of 

 great courage. Not many men at the age of sixty-eight would 

 take a bad fall out hunting as he did only about a year before 

 he died, receiving a considerable shaking and a broken rib ; but, 

 nothing daunted, he was in the saddle again in a surprisingly 

 short space of time. The shock alone, without the broken rib, 

 would have taken the nerve out of most men at that time of life. 



He was evidently a believer in my theory that the best way 

 after a spill is to mount again as soon as possible, if wishing to 

 retain one's nerve. 



Mr. Slingsby inherited Scriven Park under the will of his 

 uncle, Sir Charles Slingsby, the tenth and last baronet. It is a 

 curious coincidence that two Squires of Slingsby should have 

 met their deaths in the hunting-field, and both while out with 

 tlie York and Ainsty. 



At the time of Sir Charles's death he was, and had been for 



