Related article: which they had to encounter twice more, and then they crossed the Foulness and ran through Arglam Wood, by Holme Com- mon to Bur sea Lane, where they had to give up. The fox was only just in front of them, but he had got on to bad scenting ground and was running down wind. Time, i hour 55 minutes, a seven- mile point, and twice that dis- tance as hounds ran. December 13th found them at Askham Bryan, whence they had a very enjoyable day's sport, though no great point was made. They found at once in Colton Hagg aQ d ran a smart ring, pointing first towards Bilbrough and then round by Colton village to the covert again, a pretty 20 minutes* gallop over a nice line. Then after another ten minutes in covert they killed. A good hunting run from Pickering Wood made up a good day. At first they ran fast to the Church Fen- ton railway, but before reaching Bolton Percy village they had to work hard tor the line. They hunted on into Pallethorpe Whin, where they got on terms with their fox again, and they ran smartly by Steeton Whin and Pickering Wood to Colton village. Then scent began to fail, and after hunting slowly through Copman- thorpe Wood and Brockett Hagg, they ran the line out to nothing be- tween that covert and Stub Wood. It was a nice hunting run of about an hour and ten minutes. The country surrounding More- by Hall does not somehow find much favour with the York and Ainsty men, yet it is a place from which much good sport is seen, and on December 15th there was a really good day, winding up with a famous gallop. They found their first fox in Moreby Wood, and rattled him along gaily by the side of the Stilling- fleet drain to the Long Rush, where they marked him to ground after a smart twenty minutes, fifteen of which were in the open. Then came a curious change of scent, for with the fox which was found at Kel field they could do very little. They hunted him a twisting sort of line, and finally ran him down to the banks of the Ouse, which he crossed, and they were stopped. The run came late in the day, for it was three o'clock when they found in the Common Wood. It was soon evident that there was to be a run, and when once hounds set- tled they ran at a great pace through the Holly Carrs and the corner of Escrick Park, and then over the York and Riccall road, through Heron Wood, and leaving Escrick station to the right, to Stillingfleet Grange, where there was a momentary check. Then they ran on in the direction of Stillingfleet, turning to the left nearly to Riccall and back to Escrick, where they pointed for a few minutes for Skipwith Com- mon, but the fox thought better of it, and turned short back to the Holly Carrs, where he managed to get to ground just in front of hounds, who would have had him if the earth had been ten yards farther off. Time, 1 hour 10 min- utes, over a fine line of country. The Bramham Moor. — The Bramham Moor have had two or three old-fashioned hunting runs, as well as a smart gallop or two. On November 25th from Bicker- ton Bar they had a good day's sport. They found in Nova Scotia, and hunted slowly at first towards Bilton Hall, and then at a much improved pace they ran by Bickerton Par and Bickerton Grange to Ingmanthorpe Willow 58 BAILY S MAGAZINE. [January Garth. Here they got on good terms with their fox, and they hunted nicely through Lingcroft to Munster Hagg. Leaving Tock- with on the left, they ran on nearly to Marston Whin, where scent began to fail, and after hunting back nearly to Nova Scotia they were run out of scent. A smart fifteen minutes from Catterton Spring and to ground at Healaugh made up a very enjoyable day. December 9th found them at Tockwith. After drawing Wil- strop Wood and an adjacent spinney blank they found in White Syke Whin and ran at a holding pace over Atterwith Lane to Hutton Thorns. Then skirt- ing Rufforth village they ran by Grange Wood, and leaving Ask- ham Bryan to the right hunted a cold line with fine perseverance down to Askham Bogs. Here there were soon several foxes on foot, and hounds going Calan Sr 240 away with one at the Dringhouses' end of the covert, hunted him nicely past Kennel Wood up to the York and Ainsty kennels. Scent began to get worse now, and they hunted slowly a twisting line between Acomb and Dringhouses, eventu- ally losing their lox at the Dring- houses Brickyard. Time, 1 hour 55 minutes. A really wonderful hunt, for scent was very moderate, and Smith's close casting was remarkable. On December 10th they had a very good day's sport, though the day was by no means favourable. They met at Grimston Park, and found a brace of foxes in Tad- caster Willow Beds. One of these they ran hard through the Pleasure Grounds at Grimston Park and into Broad Row. They then crossed the Ulleskelf road and the Tadcaster and Church Fenton Railway, and ran through Towton Spring and Parkfield Wood into Saxton Carr. They ran the whole length of the Carr into Scarthingwell Park, round which they made a circuit, the fox swimming the lake, and going out of it just as hounds went in. Thence they ran nearly to Church Fenton station, where they turned to the left, running parallel to the line nearly to Towton Spring. Here the fox was headed, and turned back into Parkfield Wood, and out at the east end, crossing the railway to Melford Old Hall, Calan Sr 120 Mg where they killed. Time, 1 hour 15 minutes. They went back to Tadcaster Willow Beds, and again they found, and were quickly away with their fox, running parallel to the Tadcaster road to the Pleasure Grounds at Grimston Park. Thence they hunted nicely through Grimston Hills into Stut- ton Willow Beds, where the fox had a narrow escape. For ten Calan Sr 180 Mg minutes they rattled him round the Willow Beds, and then they drove him out over the hill, leav- Calan Sr 240 Mg ing Grimston Lodge on the right, and through Tadcaster Willow Beds, along the Wharfe side to Kirkby Wharfe, where they rolled him over after a smart gallop of an hour. Lord Rothschild's Staghounds. — Capital sport has fallen to the partisans of the deer- van in the Valley of Aylesbury during the past month, for although the old custom of long runs extending