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twenty mile ride to the kennels, where they 

 arrived about midnight, One of the Hunt 

 horses had to be left at Cundall, and died 

 there; Mr. George Peirson never rode his 

 again. Mr. Booth stayed the night at Newby, 

 and the following morning as he did not appear 

 about nine o'clock to breakfast, Mr. Vyner 

 told his butler to let Mr. Booth know that 

 it was ready. The reply was ** I think, sir, 

 Mr. Booth will be nearly at Killerby by now, 

 as he left here at half-past six.'' 



At the conclusion of this season, to the 

 regret of all, Mr. Booth decided to give up 

 hunting the hounds himself. Always a heavy 

 man, he had increased in weight, and found 

 it difficult to mount himself — as he would 

 have liked, and deemed desirable. 



His kennel huntsman, Alfred Thatcher, 

 was put on as huntsman, and Robert Walke 

 took his place as first whipper-in. 



The season closed on the 19th April. There 

 was only one blank day, and ten brace of foxes 

 were killed. 



1873 — 74. This was the best cub-hunting 

 season Mr. Booth had, there being a capital 

 show of foxes in all parts. Hounds were 

 out twenty-one days, killing ten and a half 

 brace, and marking three brace to ground. 



During November, the new Whin coverts 

 at Brough Hall and Solberg were drawn for 

 the first time, and each provided a fox. 

 Happy omen ! ! It is sometimes difficult 

 to know how to disturb a fox out of a culvert 

 or short drain, when there is no terrier on 



