go The late Mr. Roper'' s Diaries. 



Nov. 6th, 1845 : Hurworth at Croft. Found at Dalton 

 Wood and ran a ring and into Eryholm Scarr, then round the 

 bottom by Hurworth. Two foxes crossed the water, the 

 hounds following the second but could make nothing of him 

 and lost near Neasham. The hounds got divided, some in the 

 whin and some oflf with Frank Coates and Wilkinson, re-crossed 

 the water, found another fox in George Allan's Plantations. 

 Passed behind Entercommon into Beverley Wood. Nothing 

 more was done with him. Grey horse sent home. 



[Note. — This entry is interesting in that it shows us Frank 

 Coates was still hunting the Hurworth in the season of 1845-6.] 



Jany. ist, 1846: Croft Bridge. Drew Dalton Wood 

 blank. Found at Eryholm and killed immediately a fine old 

 dog fox. George Allan's Plantation, Beverley Wood and 

 Blackett's Whin blank. Found at Hornby Grange and ran 

 him very slowly past the house down to the stell and in the 

 direction of Deighton, when I gave it up as a bad job and left. 

 N.B. — After I left the fox had waited for them and they had a 

 capital 40 minutes to Arncliffe Wood. 



6th : After being unable to get out with the Hurworth on 

 the 3rd, the Duke of Cleveland's on the 5th, the weather was 

 kind enough to break about ten last night, consequently this 

 morning I went and breakfasted with Wilkinson, the meet being 

 Low Middleton. Drew Aislaby Plantations and every inch of 

 country in the usual try, by Coatham Stobb, &c., Goosepool 

 Plantations, Fountain's do., — all blank when I left at 5 minutes 

 past three o'clock. 



27th : Entercommon. Went and found at Deighton 

 Whin. He broke as if for the hills, across a country of which 

 I have no knowledge. The points were from Deighton to 

 within a few fields of Northallerton, where he turned and passed 



