126 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



Plantation, through this and then direct to 

 Thrintoft Whin ; after a turn in the covert, 

 he went away about half a mile towards the 

 village of Thrintoft, then turned back, past 

 the Whin covert, and on towards Masterman's 

 Plantation, where hounds had to be stopped. 



The last week in January, and the month 

 of February, is the time when foxes make 

 real good points ; and there was one this 

 season which will long be remembered. 



On February the 10th, hounds met at 

 Thorp Perrow. Found at once in the Banks 

 and ran by Warreners Bottom, and the top 

 of the Belts towards Aldburgh ; the fox 

 turned left-handed from here, and passing 

 on the east side of Nosterfield village, ran 

 across by Chaplin's Whin and Horse Close 

 Wood into Low Park Wood — time up to this 

 point thirty-five minutes. Here hounds 

 changed on to another fox, although there 

 was no actual pause in the run, and they 

 went over Watlass Moor, straight to the river 

 Yore at Clifton Castle ; a little below which, 

 the fox crossed and went on past High 

 Mains, on the north side of Low Ellington, 

 past the south side of Eelmire Wood, through 

 the top end of Ellington Firth, and then 

 rose the hill by the Swiss Cottage, near Grey 

 Yard Plantation ; across to, and on the low 

 side of, Witton Fell nearly up to Braithwaite 

 Hall. From here he turned rather left- 

 handed towards the old coalpits on, ^Braith- 

 waite Moor, over this (the first moorland 

 touched) and part of Caldbergh Moor to 



