194 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



conve5dng sweet reminiscences of a cockney tripper's 

 picnic. Moreover, with luck it may blow against a 

 horse's leg, and cause him to kick his neighbour — 

 always a source of merriment. 



1907 — 08. This season began well, as 

 after a very useful time cub-hunting, the 

 first Friday in November (the 8th) provided 

 a capital day's sport. 



The moment hounds were put into Lingy 

 Moor, a fox was holloaed away on the north 

 side, which ran across to Uckerby Whin, where 

 luckily no change was made ; but breaking 

 at once on the east side, he turned as if for the 

 village of Uckerby, but short of it, bore right 

 handed across to Church Whin, which he did 

 not enter but crossed the road to the Quarry 

 near Middleton-Tyas. Here again hounds 

 were lucky, as there is an ''earth*' there, 

 which was probably open ; but after a turn up 

 and down the plantation, the fox went away 

 towards the village of Middleton-Tyas, then 

 bearing to the left, passed Murky Hill and on 

 to the Halnaby coverts. In Birch Carr Wood 

 there was a very slight check, but hounds 

 were soon going again, and hunted prettily 

 up to Moulton Whin. The fox probably had 

 waited here, as from this point they ran 

 much faster ; crossed the Darlington and 

 Richmond railway a quarter of a mile south- 

 west of Moulton station, and it looked as if 

 Cowton Whin was his point. But disdaining 

 this shelter, he pushed on under Atlay Hill 

 Farm as if for Pepper Arden Hall, but turned 

 away from here and ran parallel to the North- 



