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An April run must linisli the record of Cleve- 

 land under Mr, Proud's rule. A lamb worrier was 

 reported to be committing serious dej^redations, 

 so it was arranged to have a bye day for his 

 special benefit. Accordingly on April 7th, 1886, 

 the hounds met at Loftus Station at 7 a.m. 

 Notwithstanding the early hour and the rather 

 inclement morning there was a pretty strong 

 muster, and by the time the fox was found in 

 Owston Nabb the field had become a large one. 

 That there was a scent was evident the moment 

 hounds found, and the fox showed the metal he 

 was made of at once, for he did not dwell a 

 moment in the biof woods but broke at once, 

 passing Liverton Lodge and making his point to 

 Grinkle Park. He crossed Pio;-a- Lane and went 

 straight through Poxby Wood nearly to America 

 House, and then turning to the left ran over a 

 nice but strong country to the cliffs between 

 Hinderwell and Staithes, close to which place he 

 was killed after a very fast run of an liour and 

 ten minutes. He was broken up on the sands 

 below the little fishing village of Staithes, and 

 the scene that ensued beggars description. About 

 the whole of the population turned out, male and 

 female ; and after the last ceremonies had been 

 performed a heterogenous procession followed 

 huntsman and hounds through the narrow streets 

 of the town to the " Ked Lion" Inn, where 

 some generous sportsmen paid for a few gallons 



