14 A brush and a ballad. 



"' My great uncle, who possessed the above-named brush, was cousin to 

 the Master of the Hounds, and was at that tinne a Captain in the 17th Light 

 Dragoons, and a great sportsman. Very probably he was on leave at 

 Kirkleatham, and distinguished himself in the run, which would account 

 for his having the brush. This valuable trophy is carefully locked up, so 

 that I cannot copy the description of the run, but I am certain the places 

 are the same as those mentioned in the ballad, and that the brush in question 

 is that of ' Old Caesar.' The ballad in question was written by a well- 

 known sporting poet, the late Mr. Sutton, of Elton.' 



"Now I think I can correct this statement in two particulars, or even 

 three, and I think I got the information from Colonel V. Straubenzie at a 

 later period. Firstly the brush was that of a fox killed in a great run in 

 1779, and to show that it was not only not ' Old Caesar's,' I give the places 

 passed in the two runs, in parallel columns. 



1775- 1779- 



Places mentioned Places mentioned in 



in the ballad. the Straubenzie description. 



Eyreholme Eston Nab 



Smeaton Mordale 



Hornby Chalandor's Park 



Craythorne Hutton Wood 



Marten Rousberry 



Ormesby Hall Aryaum Gills 



Eston Hall Kildale Covers 



Kirkleatham Park Borrow Greens 



Kilton Battersby 



and other places to Rudby 



" The ballad in question could not have been written by Mr. Sutton, 

 of Elton, for he was born about 1802, and it was written long before 

 this. The authorship was always attributed to the Rector of Hurworth 

 of that day, the Rev. Mr. Bramwell, father of Mr. Christopher Bramwell, 

 senior, of Sunderland. The rector was an intimate friend of Mr. Charles 

 Turner's, and probably his host during the night previous to the run. 

 Mr. Sutton was in the habit of singing this ballad, whence probably arose 

 the mistake of ascribing it to his pen. It will be noticed that in both of 

 these runs the country covered w^as partly within the boundaries of the 

 present Hurworth Hunt — a Hunt with a long historical record." 



