94 The late Mr. Roper's Diaries. 



November 13th, 1849: Hurworth hounds at Hurworth. 

 Found at Hurworth Moor Whin but made nothing of him. 

 Went to Lingfield Whin where we got on to a fox which had 

 stolen away at a fair hunting pace to Little Burdon, where he 

 turned up wind, and they flew after him past the Fighting Cocks 

 to Dinsdale Wood at a tremendous pace. Here he turned, ran 

 past Fighting Cocks and past the Duke of Cleveland's whin, 

 given to the Hurworth, and was lost near little Burdon. Mr. 

 Wilkinson had a bad fall. 



19th : Missed a fine hunting day owing to being obliged to 

 sit on a bastardy case which occupied from twelve to half-past 

 seven o'clock. 



20th : Hurworth at Welbury. Found for first time in the 

 Whin and ran a merry ring to Deighton, where a fresh fox 

 went away and ran to Hutton Bonville Whin, whence (I think) 

 a fresh fox broke, and after running to Danby Wiske he was lost 

 close to Hutton Bonville Hall. Tried Deighton Whin again — 

 blank, and most of the field having departed after the fox was 

 lost hounds went home. 



30th Nov., 1849 : Duke again at Winstone Bridge. The 

 frost gone but a very thick fog. About half past one the 

 hounds were put into covert and two or three foxes were soon 

 afoot. After a little while ran one to ground about a mile from 

 the bank, where the Duke amused himself by digging for the 

 rest of the day. Fog so thick you could not see 100 yards 

 before you. I left them digging. 



Dec, I ith : Hurworth at Dalton village. Tried and found 

 at Eryholm and killed immediately. Whilst eating the victim, 

 a fox swam across the river to our side and broke thro' the 

 gardens of Eryholm village and ran straight for Entercommon, 

 thence as if for Pepper Hall Plantations, but, turning to the 



