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for the first twenty minutes, but at the end of an 

 hour they were all more or less beaten. I was 

 lucky enough to have a second horse, and, chang- 

 ing near Deighton, I managed to keep with the 

 hounds to the finish. A remarkable fine old 

 dog - fox ; had eighteen couples out, including 

 three doghounds. This run I now think the 

 best I had during the four seasons I hunted the 

 Hurworth. 



'' Thursday, 6th November 1863. — In spite of 

 a very dense fog we threw off at noon in Blackman 

 Cover ; found directly ; broke at the N.W. corner, 

 and, running north a couple of fields, turned to 

 the right across the turnpike road and away to 

 Briar Flat Wood ; then turned sharp back up 

 the riverside and crossed to the Batts, ran their 

 whole length, and then recrossed into Dalton 

 Wood, and passing Dalton Village went to 

 ground in a drain by the railway side after a 

 clipping burst of twenty-four minutes, most of 

 which was only seen by myself on account of the 

 fog. After a good deal of delay in procuring 

 a terrier the fox was bolted, and went away 

 pointing for Clervaux Castle, which he left 

 on the right, and then pointing for Halnaby, 

 ran a ring back to the railway, and crossed the 

 line running for Blackman Cover, which he ran 

 past and crossed the road, going direct for Forty 

 Acres ; but after getting within a couple of 

 hundred yards of the Cover, he suddenly changed 

 his course, and wheeling round to the right he ran 

 close past Blackman House and then away for 



