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straights, and away for Scarborough Moor Plantation, across the lane 

 for Wrelton to Cawthorn, and away to Cass Hagg ; across Cropton 

 Lane and down to the foot of Wrelton Cliff, over the hill into Stable's 

 farm, down to Stable's stackyard, then turned to the right to Stable's 

 Wood, through Bentley's Wood and Bishop Hagg Scarr. Here he 

 passed the main earths, which were open, and away for Skiplam, over 

 Appleton Common, aiming for the far-famed cover of Ling Moor, 

 but was headed and turned down the banks for Ling Moor, out of 

 that covert by Hutton Bank Top, Hutton-le-Hole, and across the 

 valley by Yoad-wath to Runsdale, across the lane by Hugill's of the 

 Park, and down the hill through Jack Parker's garth and up the town 

 street of Kirbymoorside. 



The fox was lost in Kirbymoorside town in a somewhat 

 remarkable manner. He sought refuge on the roof of a low 

 thatched house, in Dale End, which is now raised and with 

 a tiled roof, where he crouched close to the chimney. The 

 snow had melted here, but he left his padmarks in the morn- 

 ing when he descended. He earned his liberty if hounds 

 deserved their fox. 



A somewhat analogous case took place in the 

 Bedale country when I was hunting there in March, 

 1902. In the second week of that month, and on a Friday, 

 a fox was found at Solberge, and run to ground after a 

 fifteen minutes' spin. A second was found at Warlaby, and 

 at a good pace passed Ainderby village and went by the 

 Swale to Thrintoft, through the whin and back to 

 Warlaby. At Low Sober, hounds came up with their fox, 

 which was seen climbing about on the roof of a farmhouse. 

 He jumped down into the midst of the pack and eluded 

 the whole of them, giving another run of forty minutes after 

 the gallop of an hour previously. He was killed near the 

 new bridge at Langton village. 



During the mastership of T. M. Kendall, another 

 great run took place in 1867. Jack Parker used to say 

 this was the best he ever had during the many years he 

 carried the horn. Meeting at Skiplam, a deeply-wooded 

 portion of the country, a fox, after ringing in the wood for 

 some time, crossed over to Rudston Ridge, and went on 

 over hill and dale to Ingleby Moor, and through the Park 

 Wood (Ingleby Manor) past Battersby to Easby, where 



