42 CDe Wcnslcpaale l^ounds 



Also tliat, in one season, we killed over eighty 

 hares, and five-and-a-half brace of foxes. It was, 

 I think, about 1873, we killed in one day twelve 

 hares at West Bolton; but more than half of 

 them were either chopped or mobbed in Mr. 

 King's plantation. Hares were far too numerous 

 .and hounds much too fast. It was somewhere 

 about the same year that we had a joint meet at 

 Stainton with Mr. Bruere's harriers. I well 

 recollect their running a hare up Boston Moor 

 and killing her behind Grey Greet. Before going 

 out to the top of the moor they looked like two 

 separate packs, so far were Mr. Bruere's tailed 

 off. 



Extracts from Diaries of the late 



Christopher Topham's Hounds at 



MiDDLEHAM, 1829-1832. 



''Feb. 22nd, 1831.— The Middleham and Burton 

 harriers met at Bellerby ; ran down to Bedale ; 

 afterwards they set down two foxes. 



