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and through the wood on the opposite side, and out on the top side for 

 about two fields, then back across the beck, and to ground in the same 

 bank of earths as the first fox. I set the men on to dig, but they could 

 not get him out, but in digging got a badger out. Hounds later ran 

 a fox very hard up and down the wood close to Sinnington, and just 

 as they were racing for him — Myrtle, fifty yards behind him — he went 

 to ground in the rock earth at the top of Sinnington Village, which 

 Cooper had stopped, but someone, or something, had removed one of 

 the stopping stones. Very satisfactory day as far as hounds' hunting 

 went, but a great pity they did not get blood. 



September 29. — Mason Gill, Grange Whin, Salmon's Wood, and 

 the rest of Sproxton coverts, and Ampleforth Whin — blank ! Very 

 disappointing day. 



The end of the first season's cubbing, during which 

 hounds were out 21 days, was the killing of 4 J brace. The 

 season proper was opened according to custom at Sinnington 

 this year on October 30. A fox was killed. 



November 20. — Wrelton ; drew Wrelton Wood and gorse blank ; 

 drew Cass Hagg and Aislaby Whin blank. Skelton Banks, Cropton 

 Banks, Sinnington Woods (Wrelton side) blank ; Bishop's Hagg, 

 Dawson Wood and Skipster Hagg all blank. Blank day ! 



December 14. — Met Riccal Bridge ; drew Helmsley side Riccaldale. 

 Found almost at once, and ran up the dale. Poor scent in cover, and 

 after several checks, Columbine, Resolute, Sontag, Myrtle and Waverley 

 gave us the slip, going out in White Park's direction, leaving the body 

 running another fox back in the dale. . . . On Saturday, 15th, 

 the Farndale postman brought me word that a couple of my hounds 

 had killed a fox in Farndale, close to a Mr. Wass's house. Sontag and 

 Myrtle came home late, so it was probably they. The rest of the 

 missing hounds came up on the way home. 



December 26. — Normanby ; two good runs, the first of 1 hour and 

 35 minutes, and the second about an hour. Very satisfactory day and 

 hounds worked excellently, especially Fairplay and Damper and 

 Acrobat. 



1S95. — After being stopped for nearly ten weeks, from December 

 29th, 1894, till March 9th, 1895 (with the exception of one day in the 

 snow in Skiplam, when we found a fox but could not run a yard), 

 Sinnington Hounds met at Keldholme Priory, the residence of the 

 Master. 



March 12. — On this day hounds met at Normanby village, a.nd 

 found in the drain here. The river troubled the followers as it has done 

 every generation of the Sinnington followers. Hounds ran to Salton 

 stickheap. Here the fox, instead of going to ground, went on and 

 crossed the river. As hounds appeared to be going right away, Thatcher 

 and I crossed the river at Salton Bridge, and when we got across with a 



