54 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



hearty cheers had put him well on his legs. 

 He thanked them for their kind allusion 

 to the Holderness, and spoke at some length 

 on the many advantages which are derived 

 from fox-hunting. 



Colonel Thompson proposed the health 

 of Mr. Mark Milbank and the Bedale, to 

 which Mr. Digby Cayley replied. 



Mr. York, of Wighill Park, proposed 

 success to the Eddlethorpe Hounds, to which 

 Sir Tatton Sykes briefly responded. 



Many other toasts were given, and the 

 account states that the conviviality of the 

 part}^ was kept up to a late hour. 



I was lucky enough to pick up in York an 

 account of this dinner, which appeared in 

 the Yorkshire Gazette of Saturday, the 23rd 

 January, 1847. It is most elaborately printed 

 on white satin, and was so specially executed 

 for a Miss Wilson. 



1846 — 47. There is no run of any extra- 

 ordinary merit to chronicle during this 

 season, but the following account of a hunt 

 at the end of April is typical of very many 

 which Mr. Milbank had in the west and 

 north-west portions of the country every 

 year. 



29th April. Met at Hipswell Lodge. 

 Found in Iron Banks, ran through the Hips- 

 well Woods to Throstle Gill ; across to Huds- 

 well Banks, through them without a pause, 

 to Thorpe Understone. From here the fox 

 dropped down to and crossed the Swale into 

 Whitley Scar ; and after running to the west 



