The Rev. Charles Slingsby 93 



House, on November 15th, 1912, in his 70th year, and buried in 

 the Churchyard, this brass and window were erected by the 

 members of the York and Ainsty Hunt and his friends in 

 Yorkshire." 



Here are some quotations from the address, which should be 

 taken to heart by any anti-hunting cleric in the land, for it is 

 quite free from dogmatism and the red tape of officialdom, and 

 is inspired by that straightforward open-air Christianity of 

 which the good squire's life had been emblematic. 



All in that crowded church were united by one great sym- 

 pathy, dignified, impressive, picturesque. The Archbishop in 

 his robes (attended by his Chaplain, who had held the little 

 service in the field, and his apparitor, Mr. Bonner) delivered 

 an address worthy of note, an exhortation to the living as well 

 as a paean to the dead. 



Two Bible phrases were chosen as leit-motifs for the address : 

 " A man of the field." and " A faithful priest." Archbishop 

 Lang said : " Hunting is a sport which develops some of the 

 finest qualities of human courage and endurance, readiness to 

 face risks, comradeship. ... 



" There are many kindly courtesies, both to man and beast, 

 which spring naturally from the sport of the field. . . ." 



Turning to the significance of hunting in these days of social 

 unrest, he went on : 



" At a time when we know that one of our greatest dangers 

 is the severance of the classes, here is something which quite 

 simply, naturally, and spontaneously draws the classes together 

 — peer and squire, business man and farmer meet upon a 

 common ground. . . . 



" This, too, is a time when we are all doing what we can 

 to think how to increase the resources, the pleasures, and the 

 attractions of country life, and here is a sport which, once again 

 quite simply and naturally, gives just such a special feature and 

 interest to life in the country." 



Here His Lordship became somewhat entangled in the 

 intricacies of hunting terminology, by referring to " even the 

 labourer, when he feels the stirring of the meet, or sees the 

 sudden burst of hounds and horses, gets just one of those fresh 

 incidents, sights, and scenes in what otherwise is often a very 



