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The next run we have to record was during the 

 rule of the Committee, with Sinclair as huntsman, 

 and the meet was again at Little Beck. Before 

 the hounds moved off, it was reported that the 

 Staintondale hounds were drawing some of the 

 coverts, and Mr. George Wellburn, who was 

 field master that day, thought of taking the 

 hounds home. However, after some persuasion, 

 he consented to try, and a fox was speedily found 

 in the plantation near Little Beck. The hounds 

 soon forced him out of the thick covert, and ran 

 him by Lees Head, and back to Midge Hall. 

 Here they made it very hot for him, and he set 

 his head for Maybecks, and passing Sneaton 

 Shooting Box, ran to Billerj^ where the pace 

 increased, and they rattled him along by Halting 

 Gill, and skirting Juggra, crossed Brown Bigg 

 and Loworth Moor to Bamscliff. Up BamsclifF 

 to Birkley, he next pointed for Crosscliff, and 

 then turned by Gingleby Thorn into Dalby 

 Warren, whence he retraced his steps to Staindale 

 Slack, where he was run to ground after a run of 

 four hours. Only six men saw the finish, viz. : 

 Mr. G. Wellburn, Jack Carr, David Smallwood, 

 George Carr, John Hill, and the huntsman. 



But the best and most extraordinary run Avhich 

 appears in the annals of the Eskdale hunt took 

 place on November 24th, 1886, during the 

 mastership of Mr. Thomas Parrington. The 

 meet was at Bedgate, and the first draw was 



