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allerton road as far as Low Whinholme. Here, 

 it looked as though he wanted to be into F'el- 

 gill Moor, but he kept on towards Greenberry 

 Wood, then turned to the back of Streatlam 

 village, had one more look at Felgill, and 

 went into Streatlam Whin, where, after a few 

 turns up and down the covert, hounds pulled 

 him down; one bitch, ' Gamestress, ' tackled 

 him by herself, and though she did not hold 

 him, tore off half his brush. This was an 

 excellent gallop of two hours, and about 

 seventeen miles as hounds ran. 



A second fox was found in Streatlam Plant- 

 ation, and hounds ran very fast by Danby 

 Hill to Thrintoft Whin, past Thrintoft village, 

 down to the Swale, which was crossed opposite 

 Scruton, into the Kirkby Fleetham coverts, 

 where they were run out of scent. 



On the 29th January there was a good 

 day's sport. Found in Pickhill Whin and 

 ran very quickly, leaving Kirklington village 

 on the left into Camp Hill Woods. (In crossing 

 a small wooden bridge over Elam Beck, near 

 Sinderby station, owing to the roadway 

 collapsing, Mr. Bertie Lawson's horse got 

 so tightly w^edged between the bearers, that 

 it had to be sawn out). There was only a 

 moderate scent in covert, but pushing their 

 fox out on the south-west side, hounds ran 

 better again in the open, and went on the 

 west side of Howgrave, to Mr. Nussey's Whin 

 covert ; through this, over the railway to 

 Norton Conyers, and down to the river Yore. 

 Being headed here, he turned back, leaving 



