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23rd February. Met at Birkby Bridge. 

 Found at Hutton Bonville Whin, and 

 went past Lovesome Hill due east, turned 

 right-handed and crossing the high road 

 pointed direct to Yafforth village ; leaving 

 this on the right, over the Northallerton 

 and Bedale railway past Ainderby Steeple, 

 under Warlaby to the Low Plantations 

 at Sowber Hill. From here the fox bore 

 left-handed through Mr. Rutson's plantations, 

 into the kitchen garden at Newby Wiske, 

 where I made sure we had him ; but he 

 climbed up a fruit tree, and got over the 

 garden wall, ran on into a small plantation, 

 where hounds changed onto a fresh fox, and 

 they were stopped at Sion Hill. This was 

 a most splendid run of one hour and a quarter. 

 The hounds were never once cast, and the 

 distance from point to point is upwards of 

 ten miles. 



Mr. Milbank did no hunting in May this 

 season, as his first whipper-in (Cross) was 

 leaving him, and he also notes that foxes 

 were rather scarce on the hills. 



1850 — 51. Joe Mason, who had been 

 second whipper-in for eighteen seasons, was 

 put on as first and Kennel Huntsman. 



During this season two hounds fell into 

 a cleft of rock near Hudswell, and were 

 without food or water for eighty hours, but 

 were perfectly well again in a day or two. 



1851 — 52. There is nothing of interest 

 to record for this season. 



1852—53. 2nd February. Met at Bedale. 



