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places to go to in the York and Ainsty country, 

 notably the Copgrove Estate belonging to Admiral 

 Sir Francis and Lady Bridgeman, where we had 

 good sport, and were always welcome. Then Lord 

 Harewood sometimes gave me a day or two about 

 Goldsborough when he lived there ; now and 

 then, also, I had a day on the moors round 

 about Harrogate, and Mr. Andrew Lawson of 

 Aldborough, near Boroughbridge, often asked us 

 over. Then in the Bedale country. Col. FAnson 

 of Howe, Mr. Nussey, M.P., of Rushwood, and 

 other neighbours were all capital friends to 

 the pack. Beckford once said, '' It is a good 

 diversion in a good country; you are always 

 certain of sport ; and if you really love to see your 

 hounds hunt, the hare when properly hunted 

 will show you more of it than any other 

 animal.'' 



I am quite sure that any boy who is destined 

 to become a good sportsman should be entered 

 early to harriers, not so much to teach him to ride, 

 as to teach him not to ride in the wrong place and 

 at the wrong time. With hare-hounds he will 

 soon learn to pull up his pony at the least sign 

 of a check, to sit still, to keep his eyes fixed oni 

 the pack, and to hold his tongue. It is only tooj 

 evident in the present day that these simple 

 lessons have not always been acquired in early 



