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told me the Duke was thought to be the finest 

 horseman of the three brothers, as he had excep- 

 tionally good hands and wonderful nerve : cer- 

 tainly he showed the latter quaUty when he 

 jumped a canal lock on a hunter, which he was 

 riding for the second time. 



On the night of December 6th the thermometer 

 at Serlby went down to 5 degrees below zero. 



December i8th, 1879. — Met at Sandbeck. 

 Owing to the frost there had been no hunting 

 since November 28th, and the roads were still all 

 ice. Found in Maltb}/ Wood and ran round b}^ 

 Raddle Mill and Stainton Wood and lost by Tick- 

 hill. Then found in Wooltwaite Bottoms, ran by 

 Rough Park, left Hell Wood and Norwood on his 

 left, away for Hooton, but bore to his left, leaving 

 Thurcroft on his right up to Laughton Church ; 

 then down to his right and all over the open, left 

 Brampton Gorse on his right on for Todwick, but 

 to his right up to Spring Wood. A very good 

 hour and five minutes. Scent failed on the high 

 ground and did not get up to him in Turnshaw 

 Quarry. Dogs, 23J couples. The hounds only 

 got back to Grove Kennels at 8.30. 



January 13th, 1880. — Met at Scaftworth. 

 Found in the hills, ran hard over the river to 

 Mattersey Wood, and up to Ranskill to his left by 

 Mattersey Hill, over Stone Hill Ford to Scaft- 

 worth, back by Everton over the river, and 

 killed him in the open by Mattersey Thorpe. Ran 



