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turned left-handed by Yafforth Grange, 

 skirting Thrintoft Whin, to Danby Wiske 

 village. From here the fox hung to the 

 river Wiske, and passing by Reedholme 

 covert, went on to Pepper Arden, from 

 which he turned back, and was lost near 

 the Brick Yard Plantation, after a very good 

 run of an hour and a half. 



1879 — 80. This season Major Dent hunted 

 hounds himself. T. Perry remaining on as 

 his Kennel Huntsman. 



It was a fairly good year. Hounds being 

 out seventy-six days and killing twenty- 

 four brace of foxes. 



Two runs are worth recording. 



18th December. Met at Danby-on-Yore. 



Found in Forty Acres and ran across to 

 Newfound-England, turned from there back 

 by Hauxwell, to Forty Acres ; up to this 

 point hounds had run very fast. From 

 here there was a very pretty hunt round by 

 Bellerby nearly up to Leyburn Shawl, then 

 turning back, hounds ran into their fox at 

 the back of Mr. Riddell's house at Leyburn. 

 Two hours. 



12th January. Although somewhat cir- 

 cular, this was a good day. 



Met at Sleningford Park. Found in the 

 New Whin covert at Ripon Parks, and ran 

 very sharp west, to Azerley Whin, being 

 headed here the fox turned back, and leaving 

 the house at Sleningford on his right went 

 down to the banks of the river Yore near 

 Sleningford Grange. He turned from here 



