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go in, so I said to Jack Parker, " You stay here with the hounds, I'll 

 go for Crab." " What ! Thoo'll nivver gan all t' way ti Helmsler," 

 said Jack, " whya its eight mahl frev here." I replied, " I don't care 

 if its eighteen, I will have that fox out." I then rode home, changed 

 horses, and rode back with Crab. I took him up to the quarry, and he 

 went bang into the rock, bolting a fox in a moment, but, unfortunately, 

 it was not my hunted fox which had given us such a grand moorland 

 run. We went away with the new one, however, and as it was getting 



CRAB. A FAMOUS TERRIER IN MR. PARRINGTOn's TIME. 



late I took my whip with me to get on ahead of hounds and stop them r 

 which we did on Roppa Moor, just as they were entering Riccall Dale, 

 running with scent breast-high, and Crab in the midst of them. I 

 never saw a better moorland run — from the find to the quarry one hour, 

 from the quarry to Riccall Dale 35 minutes. Crab was far the best 

 terrier I ever knew. 



October 18, 1879. — Met at Sparrow Hall ; found in Normanby 

 Belt, ran first cub to ground. Found again in Habton Whin, and 

 went right away to Ryton earths, but though open our fox went on 

 across the Rye, leaving Amotherby on the right to Broughton forward, 

 leaving Malton on the left to Welham, then on to Whitewal, turned to 

 Norton, then turned again, ran back to Welham breed earths, and just 

 beat us to ground, 2 hours and 45 minutes. Messrs. J. Richardson, 

 J. Foxton, A. Pearson and Tom Ellerby went well. 



November 4, 1879. — Met at South Holme ; found in small planta- 

 tion just over Howl Beck, ran to Stonegrave, then up through Caukless 



