CHAPTER VII. 



MR. T. PARRINGTON'S DIARIES. 



Season i860 — 1861. 



'ONDAY, Oct. ist, i860.— Left Normanby for 

 Hurworth, accompanied by John Chapman and 

 three horses, having James Carlton in advance 

 with baggage. Arrived all safe at our journey's 

 end at 6 o'clock p.m. 

 Oct. 13th. — Started cub hunting. Met at Aislaby at 11 

 and tried some standing beans blank. Found an old dog fox 

 in Mr. Farrer's Whin and killed him after two or three turns 

 in cover. Did not find any cubs there as all the earths were 

 open. Found a second fox in Aislaby Gill, ran him at a 

 tremendous pace over the open to Newsam Banks where we 

 changed foxes and did no more good. A fine day but bad 

 scent. Had 23 couples of hounds out, all of which behaved 

 admirably. Rode " Lady Bennett," John [rode] " Chance 

 Shot." Messrs. Wilkinson, Waldy, Scurfield, Colling, J. 

 Waldy, J. Garbutt, G. Stonehouse, R. Colling, Temple, Lister, 

 H. Fowler, T. Harrison, etc. 



Nov. 3rd, i860.— Met at High Worsall Toll Bar at 11. 

 Found an old fox in the Whin Covert. Hung in cover some 

 time, at length broke on the East side and ran parallel with 

 the lane for some distance, then crossed the lane and right 

 away to Moor Bank, where he headed short back along the 

 margin of the river to Worsall Gill, then, turning South, ran 

 straight across Worsall Moor to Dobbin's farm house, where 

 they checked, and as all the field were thrown or beaten by the 



