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House ; a six mile point. Hounds unfortun- 

 ately got on to the line of a fresh fox at 

 Newton House, and were stopped. 



The last meet of this season was held at 

 Catterick, on the 11th April, when Sir John 

 Lawson, of Brough, on behalf of the members 

 of the Hunt and other friends, presented to 

 Mr. Booth a silver hunting horn, and to Miss 

 M. A. Gardom, his future wife, a handsome 

 bracelet, as a token of their goodwill and 

 esteem for him, on his approaching marriage.* 



There were four blank days this season, 

 and twenty and a half brace of foxes were 

 killed. 



1874—75. On the 12th November, a 

 ' ' Bedale Hunt ' ' dinner was held at the 

 Black Swan Hotel, Bedale, at which eighty 

 members were present. Lord Feversham in 

 the chair : and Mr. Booth was presented with 

 a silver dessert service, a wedding present 

 from the '' Hunt.'' 



On the 29th March, two cubs were killed by 

 hounds. An early date to be above ground : 

 or perhaps they were ** stub-bred.'' 



It is said that * ' everything comes to him 

 who waits." Sir John Lawson and Mr. 

 Booth had a ' ' long wait " for a fox on the 

 10th April, when hounds met at Kilgram 

 Bridge. 



They drew Eelmire Wood, Ellington Firth, 

 Ellingstring Plantation, Witton Fell, Clifton 

 Castle, Thorp Perrow, Kirklington and Camp 

 Hill Woods, and Gatenby Wood blank; just 



* Mr. Booth was married on the 28th April, 1874. 



