198 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



Apropos of the ford at Crow Wood ; I 

 remember rather an amusing incident, indic- 

 ative of the proverb, *' Might is right." 

 Hounds ran very quickly from Pepper Arden 

 Bottoms, past Reedholmes, in the direction of 

 Hutton Bonville. One who knew ''the ropes," 

 made a bee-line for this ford, and arrived 

 there amongst the first few. Instead of 

 thrusting his way over, ' ' he hesitated and 

 was lost.'' Others crowded up. *' Might 

 became right,*' and he was pushed back into 

 the ruck. The last I heard, being a plaintive 

 plea, ' ' Please let me through, I was the 

 first here." 



As there was somewhat above an average 

 number of foxes in the country this year, Mr. 

 Moubray hunted four days a week, from 

 January until the end of the season. 



This concludes the fourth year of Mr. 

 Moubray 's Mastership. There were many 

 more good days sport and quick gallops ; 

 but having already rather exceeded the limit 

 of recounting about three days of each 

 season, I must put my pen aside, with a hope 

 that any future scribe may have the same 

 difficulty as I have had, viz. : to select what 

 is best to record from among many good 

 things. 



