CHAPTER III. 



THE YORK AND AINSTY. 



Establishment of the Pack — Formation of the 

 Country — Early History — Mr. Lloyd, of Acomr — 

 Will Danby — Sir Charles Slingsby — The Holder- 

 NESS at Askham Bryan — Powter — Tom Squires — 

 Col. Fairfax —Introduction of Belvoir Blood — 

 New Kennels — Mr. Lycett Green and Arthur 

 Wilson — The Entry of 1888— Stud Hounds and 

 Brood Bitches — Some Good Runs. 



I'll tell you a tale of such men and such hounds, 

 With what courage they hound o'er all sorts of grounds; 

 How dogs vie with dogs and how men with them strive, 

 Old Draper may rue that he was not aUve. 



Hurworth Fox Chase. 



The York and Ainsty Foxhounds were not 

 established until 1818, when Will Danby, then 

 only a lad, brought eighteen couples of hounds 

 from the Duke of Leeds to form the nucleus of 

 this now famous pack. 



Previous to this time the country had been 

 partly hunted by scratch j^acks kept by a few 

 neighbours, and collected for the hunting days 

 which were arranged to suit the convenience of 

 those concerned, and were by no means regular 



