186 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



about beat, as hounds had run very fast 

 without the sHghtest check, over a somewhat 

 hilly piece of country. He went through the 

 Plantation, past the south side of Ramshaw 

 as if for Witton Fell, but he could not reach it, 

 and hounds pulled him down at the head of 

 Deep Gill, after an excellent run of fifty-seven 

 minutes. The head of this good fox now 

 adorns the billiard room wall of Mr. H. 

 Christie, at Jervaulx Abbey. 



At the end of this season, Mr. Moubray 

 lost the services of his huntsman, Freeman, 

 who went to the Pytchley ; and he engaged as 

 his successor his brother-in-law, Sam Gillson, 

 who had been with the South and West Wilts 

 Hounds for eight seasons, the last six of which 

 as huntsman. 



Peter Farrelly, first whipper-in with the 

 Quorn, came in a similar capacity, in place of 

 C. Pocketts. 



In 1906, Mr. S. Conyers Scrope, of Danby- 

 on-Yore, who for many years had been most 

 anxious to hunt the Moorland side of the 

 country with a pack of his own, obtained his 

 wish ; and that portion of the Bedale country, 

 west of the following line, was lent to him. 



From Hudswell village due south, to the 

 cross roads leading to Half-penny House and 

 Catterick ; from there, west, to Half-penny 

 House, along the Bellerby and Leyburn road, 

 to the railway station at the latter place ; then 

 the road to East Witton, under Spennithorne 

 and Middleham. From East Witton round 

 the west end of Witton Fell, across the Moor 



