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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
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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