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West Hereford Hunt. The meet was at Stainton, 

 near Riclimond. The hounds got on the line of 

 a fox that made his way due west for ten miles 

 over the open moorland. The fox finally, after 

 trying all the disused lead mine workings, but 

 failing to find any refuge, turned left-handed 

 half way between Askrigg and Low Whita, and 

 got to ground in a rock hole at the top of 

 Apedale. The small field was sqiiandered, and 

 the hounds had to do all the work unaided. The 

 Master found himself near Bolton Gill. The 

 second whip was unfortunate enough to get his 

 horse bogged on the very top of the ridge of the 

 moor, between Swaledale and Wensleydale, half 

 way between Askrigg and Low Whita. Mr. Ken- 

 dall, of Low Whita, and others were exceedingly 

 kind in rendering every assistance to horses and 

 men. Mr. Gervasse Scrope stayed with the 

 second whip, and they reached Leyburn soon 

 after midnight. Petts (huntsman) got up to the 

 hounds where they had marked their fox to 

 ground in Apedale, and with the assistance of 

 M. J. Peacock, son of the well-known Middleham 



