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Master adds, " If we hadn't had extraordinary bad luck to hit off the 

 train and have the hounds run over they must hive killed him. 

 Hounds were running 3 hours 15 minutes altogether The fox had a 

 curious patch on his back, which was noticed when he was seen several 

 times during the run. I think there is no doubt it was the same fox 

 all the way, and that we didn't change. 



Dec. 17th. — After drawing Marton Heads and Riseborough Hagg 

 blank, found in Mr. Cooper's covert and ran hard to Normanby Whin ; 

 through it, and away to Habton Whin without a check ; to ground in 

 the drain ; 20 minutes. Bolted fox out of drain ; got a good start 

 with him, and ran him hard by Great Barugh, Hobground, and Low 

 Riseborough to Riseborough Hill ; on over the railway, Wrelton 

 Cliff, alongside the Stabler's double-dyke, and pulled him down, after 

 hunting him out of a cart shed at the north end of it, after 47 minutes 

 of the best ! ! Excellent scent, hounds tied to their fox all day ! 

 Drew Normanby Whin and drain blank ; found in Mr. Wildsmith's 

 drain at Marton, and ran hard by Marton Heads, Dawson Wood, Bishop's 

 Hagg, Quarry Banks, Stabler's Wood, Sinnington Station, Sinnington 

 Lodge, back to Marton Heads, where we stopped them in the dark, 

 after they had been running 40 minutes, with same excellent scent as 

 before. 



It is quite a relief at last to come to an entry telling of 

 some sport resulting from a fixture at Kilburn. On Dec. 

 29th, fifteen couple of hounds were taken on a sharp frosty 

 morning. Mr. Sherbrooke was in London, and Henley 

 hunted hounds. He first drew Hood Hill, and was just about 

 to blow hounds out when a fox was holloaed under Roulston 

 Scar (probably the vixen), and another going over the South 

 end of Hood Hill due West. Henley chose the latter, and 

 got away only two minutes behind him. He ran straight 

 down west into the vale with hounds running fast over the 

 grass, as far as Balk. Then he turned N.W., and leaving 

 Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe on the right, took them at a 

 good pace to Bellmoor plantation. Here they got on to 

 plough, and scent being very much worse, they could only 

 hunt on slowly between Kilvington Hall and Upsall nearly 

 to Knayton. Here they had a long check, and, as Henley 

 was casting them right-handed towards the hills, two couple 

 of hounds hit off the line to the left on some grass, and 

 getting together again they ran the fox into North Kilvington 

 Whin, and to ground in the artificial earth there. Time, 

 1 hour 40 minutes ; point 6J miles. 



