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CotclifF Wood, near Boltby, and after a long and 

 severe run they killed him in a pond near Nortli- 

 allerton town end, the master, it is said, jumping 

 the turnpike gate in his excitement. 



Frank Simpson, who now resides at Helmsley, 

 and who was one of the keenest foot-hunteis in 

 the Sinnington country, relates a good run which 

 took place in Hunter Garbutt's time. It seems 

 that Sir Bellingham Graham took some interest 

 in the doings of the Bilsdale, and occasionally 

 gave them a few hounds. Simpson speaks highly 

 of two of them, Ranger and Triumph, and the 

 former is closely associated in his mind with one 

 of the best runs he ever saw. The Bilsdale met 

 at Ashberry, and it was his happy destiny to 

 have to take Ranger to the meet. He was 

 mounted on this occasion, luckily for him, or he 

 would have seen little of the run he describes 

 with so much enthusiasm. He joined the pack 

 in the bridle road to Cold Kirby, and they had 

 not proceeded very far before they met a butcher 

 named Tyerman, wdio was proceeding to market. 

 The butcher was accompanied by his dog, and, as 

 is the manner of curs, the latter began to take 

 liberties and was ' saucy ' with the hounds. As 

 a matter of course they resented it, and the cur 

 taking to his heels, they followed in hot pursuit. 

 The cur luckily saved himself, for they got on 

 the line of a fox and ran him hard to Hambleton, 

 Here he was headed, and, after a good run, went 



