2 74 ^^^^ Course, the Camp, the Chase 



The days of the York are numbered for the present — 

 never, I am afraid, again to equal the last few years." 



The boat was far over-weighted with men and horses, 

 and it is doubtful, even if the river had been at its ordinary 

 level, if the freight would have been safely conveyed across. 

 In the then condition of the river it was madness to have 

 essayed it, but in the excitement of the run all who could 

 get a footing crowded on board. The names of those who 

 embarked are as follows, the asterisks showing those who 

 were drowned : — 



Captain Key. 



* Mr. George Lloyd. 

 Captain Molyneux, E.N. 

 Major Mussenden. 



* William Orvis, Kennel Huntsman. 

 '* Mr. James Eobinson. 



* Sir C. Slingsby, Bart., M.F.H. 

 Mr. Eichard Thompson. 



Mr. Clare Vyner. 



Mr. White. 



Sir G. Wombwell, Bart. 



* Christopher Warriner, \ 



* James Warriner, J 



Six passengers out of thirteen were thus drowned, and 

 nine out of eleven horses, the two that were saved being Sir 

 Charles Slingsby's " Saltfish," and Mr. Thompson's " Wood- 

 pigeon." 



If only Sir Charles had been spared for some seasons 

 longer, there is no gauging the pitch of perfection to 

 which he might have brought his pack. It was only the 

 previous season that he had swept the board at the great 



