88 The late Mr. Roper's Diaries. 



a second fox, after drawing Beverley Wood again blank, in the 

 Gill near George Allan's plantation. Went away best pace up 

 to Entercommon road above the black boy, then to Pepper 

 Hall Plantation, thro' which he went without dwelling. Cross 

 the [blank] and ran between it and the railway past Birkby, 

 and was making direct for Hutton Bonville when he turned 

 short to the left, re-crossed the bottoms and ran down to near 

 Appleton Wiske, where he was killed. Very good run. Rode 

 " The Nob." 



N.B. — " Nob" died June 4th, in John Husband's hands. 

 " Lottery " was shot by Tommy Copley's keeper, having 

 tumbled with Wm. Atkinson, to whom I had given him. 



Foxhounds. Harriers. Staghounds. Total. 



"Samson" ... ^3 ^ 5 26 



"The Nob" ... 14 8 2 24 



" Lottery" ... 7 5 2 14 



" Birthday "...501 6 



[Note. — "Lottery" was no doubt given his name from the 

 famous horse which won the first Grand National, or, as it was 

 then called, the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, run on Feby. 

 26th, 1839. Jim Mason, who steered the horse to victory, made 

 his first appearance on him in the St. Alban's Steeplechase, in 

 1836, when he finished third, being then hardly fit. Six weeks 

 later, at Barnett, he beat a big field. " Lottery" was owned by 

 Mr. John Elmore and Mr. Yates, and bred in Yorkshire. — Ed.] 



Dec. 3rd, 1844 : Hurworth at Low Middleton. Drew 

 Newsham banks blank. Found at Aislaby Plantation, and 

 after a ringing half hour he went to ground near Yarm. Tried 

 Marshall Fowler's Plantation and the open up to Goosepool 

 blank. Found in a hedgerow close to the plantation. He ran 

 thro' Burn Wood to Coatham Stobb earths. The pace 

 tremendous. He then doubled back through Burn Wood 



