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year, the whole fox-hunting world had to 

 deplore the loss of one of its most venerated 

 and honoured members, Mr. George Lane- 

 Fox, of Bramham ; who passed away in his 

 eighty-sixth year, having been Master of the 

 Bramham Moor Hounds for forty-eight years. 

 He was so well known to all, that little need 

 be said here concerning him, except to remark 

 that by his death we lost one of the old 

 school of Masters of Hounds ; and a fine 

 type of the English country gentleman. 

 To regulate the large and mixed ' * fields ' ' 

 which from the West Riding towns used to 

 swell the meets of the Bramham, was no 

 easy task ; but his caustic satire, not un- 

 mixed with a good deal of humour, was quite 

 equal to the occasion. He may have been 

 severe at times, but whatever he said was 

 in the interest of sport — for the greater 

 number. 



Major Dent retained his old servant, 

 Fred Holland, as his huntsman, and E. 

 Parker as first whipper-in. 



15th January. Although there was no 

 great point, and the fox turned a bit, yet 

 the following was a good hunt ; and was, 

 I recollect, very hard on horses, as the 

 strong land rode very heavy. Found in 

 Reedholmes end of Pepper Arden Bottoms, 

 away at once due north, over Cockleberry 

 Farm to Dalton Whin (in Lord Zetland's 

 country), which was left on the east, then 

 bore left-handed through the Halnaby coverts, 

 past the Hall, and still left-handed ran 



