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through Peter Wood direct down to Noster- 

 field, where being headed the fox indined 

 towards Norton Conyers ; but soon making 

 good his point, went past the west end of 

 Thornborough village through Kirklington 

 and Camp Hill Woods ; past Carthorpe village 

 to Hopetown Nurseries, over the Leeming 

 Lane to Smearholmes covert, where he 

 tried the ''earths/' but finding them closed 

 turned through Gatenby Whin and Wood to 

 the shrubberies at Newton House. Here, 

 unfortunately, the * ' changeling ' ' was at 

 home, and this good fox lived to fight another 

 day. Time one hour, with no check to 

 speak of and a seven mile point. Those 

 who really saw the gallop were all happy ! 



January 15th again provided a brisk day's 

 sport. Found in Gatenby Whin, and ran 

 towards the river Swale, then back through 

 Smearholmes, across the Leeming Lane, by 

 Hopetown Nurseries to Kirklington village, 

 direct to Wath ; leaving Middleton Quernhow 

 on the left. From here it looked as if Hutton 

 Moor must be the point, but making a left- 

 handed turn he headed towards Baldersby, 

 but unable to reach these coverts was pulled 

 down in the open, after a first rate hour and 

 twenty minutes. A second fox was found 

 in Pickhill Wood, which ran across to Theak- 

 ston Grange, but being there headed, turned 

 back through Gatenby Wood to the shrub- 

 beries at Newton house. No ' ' changeling ' ' 

 being present on this occasion, he had to 

 move on, and reached Leeming village, from 



