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Guy's Whin on the left and retraced his steps 

 to Camp Hill, where he was seen, hard run, 

 close to hounds. Unfortunately a fresh fox 

 got up in front of them, on to which they 

 changed, running on the west side of Car- 

 thorpe up to Theakston, where he was lost. 



Hounds came back to Camp Hill to try 

 and pick up the beaten fox, but failed to 

 come across him. 



On the 17th February, hounds ran at 

 a great pace from Bedale Railway Wood, 

 by Burrill, Cowling, and the Thornton Wat- 

 lass coverts, to Sandy Flats at Marriforth. 

 Although the huntsman and a few more got 

 fairly well away with hounds, they did not 

 see much of them until the Black Wood at 

 Thornton Watlass was reached. 



A few days later, on the 21st February, 

 there was another very quick eighteen minutes 

 to ground. Found in the New Whin at 

 Hutton Bonville, and hounds ran as straight 

 as a die to the whinney fields on High Mag- 

 dalen Farm, near Smeaton. The huntsman, 

 although on by no means a slow horse, was 

 never able to get nearer than three fields to 

 his hounds. 



Later on this day, and again on the 6th 

 March, hounds ran nearly the same line ; the 

 greater part of the hunt being in the Hurworth 

 country, both foxes being found at Hutton 

 Bonville. I will give a description of the run 

 on the 6th March, as on this date they ran a 

 little further, but both were first-rate gallops. 

 On the 21st February, the time up to Win ton 



