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West Witton, and at most of these there used to be 

 a liimt in the morning, and a honnd trail with, 

 other sports in the afternoon, and at the present 

 time, Squire Tomlinson, who is Master, has one 

 every year at Aysgarth feast. Formerly, these 

 trails used to afford no end of pleasure to the 

 trainers, huntsmen and people who walked the 

 hounds. About fifty years ago there was a match 

 with one of our hounds and a noted trail hound 

 from Middleton-in-Teesdale, and I really think 

 there was more excitement over this than the 

 thousand guineas match between Flying Dutch- 

 man and Voltigeur. Here is a song with an 

 account of the match. It has a nice swinging 

 air and chorus, and was most popular at our hunt 

 meetings, and little concerts in the Dale. 



The Pride of the Pack. 



I'll sing you a song of a capital race, 



A wonderful hound trail that lately took place : 



Brave "Spanker," from Teesdale, was matched for five 

 pounds, 



With "Butcher," the pride of the Wensleydale hounds, 



Tally ho! Tally ho ! 



Hark away, my brave hounds. Tally ho! 



