260 England's oldest hunt. 



31st. Eight-and-a-half brace wore killed in all, and nine-and-a-half 

 were run to ground. Hounds were out on 54 days, one of which was 

 blank. 



Skasojj 1902-3. 



Mr. Robin Hill instead of whipping acted as huntsman, and (J. 

 Haines came as whip from Lord Middleton's. 



Jan. 17. — Bye-day. Hunted in snow at Lingmoor ; capital going. 

 Found at once in Lingmoor, and ran hard all over that country round 

 Lingmoor, Rumsgill, Ravenswyke, Squires Wood, and Hutton Bank 

 for 1 hour and 35 minutes, and to ground in a rabbit- hole on Lingmoor, 

 close to main earths. Dug him out and killed him. There was another 

 fox in the earth ; killed him also. Rare good scent in the snow. 



Feb. 12. — Met at Southolme ; found a vixen in a young covert by 

 the Rye near Nunnington Station, ran her to ground at once into a 

 drain in East Newton Covert. Finding in Harome Whin ran by 

 Riccall Moor and House, over the Riccall and Rye to Cauklass Moor, 

 along the top of it, into Scarlet Wood, and lost him on the railway there. 

 Sheepfolds and plough all round. Fairish scent on the grass, and quit© 

 decent on dry plough with dust blowing. Time 1 hour. Found in 

 Muscoates Whin drain — a brace. Ran one over Marton's farm and the 

 Carrs, across Warmath Beck, by Northolme, at a real good pace, but 

 checked in Salton and Ness Lane. Hit it off and ran past Ness along the 

 Rye bank, and on nearly to Nunnington Mill, hounds running fast on 

 the grass ; then right-handed, and over the Middling Dyke and away 

 over Marton's farm again, and the Carrs, and over the rivers past 

 Ness Hull to Marcus Kendall's drain in the rough field ; on over Howe 

 Beck, and away bs if for Slingsby. Scent now failing. Robin stopped 

 them below Slingsby, after they had been running H hours, at times 

 very fast. A good low country hunting day, though very dry and 

 windy. 



May, 1902. — A morning or two ago whilst George Halliday, wood- 

 man to Mr. H. Darley, lord of the manor of Spaunton, was going through 

 Springwood, near Lingmoor, he discovered four grand cubs that had 

 been poisoned, and there was every indication the older foxes had 

 also shared the same fate. From reliable information this case is not 

 by far a solitary instance of unsportsmanlike conduct. From " York- 

 shire Herald." 



The season ended with a total of 8| brace of foxes killed and 7 

 brace run to ground. Hounds were out on 55 days, including three 

 blanks. 



Season 1903-4. 

 And now we come to Mr. Sherbrooke's last season, which 

 he prefaces by the remark, " Very wet summer ; harvest 

 very late. Hunted hounds again myself." 



