134 CDC Wcnslcpdaie Rounds 



The following is an extract from a diary- 

 dated Febriiary 17th, 1780 :— 



" Mr. Scrope says the Bedale hounds ran forty- 

 miles. Mr. Scrope had a bad fall from 

 his horse which hurt his leg very much. 

 Mr. Simon Scrope had four falls, in one 

 of which he greatly hurt his shoulder. Old 

 Renny beat the whole field tho' pursiied 

 from six in the morning until three in the 

 afternoon. Rare work for horses, not a 

 horse in the field but Mr. Scrope's could 

 make a trot towards the end, even Mr. Simon 

 Scrope's couldn't catch them." 



Mr. Scrope (the father) was seventy years 

 of age when he rode this historic run. There 

 is a tradition in the family that the dam of 

 " Nutwith," which won the St. Leger in 1843, 

 was regular^ himted with Mr. Scrope's harriers 

 by her owner, Captain Wrather. 



