122 THE BR0CKLE8BY HOUNDS. [1873 



the foiling of the line by sheep. Hounds had run without 

 check since leaving Eoxton Wood the first time, an hour 

 and forty minutes in all. On hitting it off, they ran 

 through Immingham towards Eoxton Wood, but were 

 run out of scent Ijefore reachino; that covert. 



But the best thing of the season up to that time 

 came off two days later from Swallow Cross-roads, hounds 

 beginning with a couple of hours' hard running in the 

 Pillar Woods, till one, very beat, got to ground just in 

 front of the pack. At about two o'clock they found again 

 in Irby Holme, and they continued to run hard till they 

 were stopped at five o'clock. After hanging in covert for 

 half an hour, the fox went away by Welbeck Hill, and 

 crossed the Barton street, running nearly to Laceby before 

 a right-handed turn led hounds to Bradley Wood, where 

 there were several foxes afoot. They went away with 

 one, the Gears being on the left, nearly to Waltham ; but 

 he turned short back, and part of the pack marked him 

 to ground in a drain on the Waltham and Bradley road, 

 while the rest went on towards Barnoldby with another 

 good line. Leaning to the right, hounds now crossed the 

 beck and the Barton street, and, with Hatclifi'e Mill close 

 on their left, headed for Beelsby. They went on with 

 Ravendale and Gunnerby left and right, still leaning to 

 the left all the while, and crossing the Wold Newton and 

 Thorganby road, ran nearly to Binbrook Scallows, where 

 a boy headed the fox short back, and in a turnip field at 

 AVold Newton hounds had two lines and chano;ed foxes. 

 They went on by Click 'Em Inn to Swinhope, and there 

 Long stopped them after a very hard day. 



There was another hard day from Normanby Clump 

 on December 8th, hounds first running fast from a pit 

 near the place of muster to Cuxwold, and thence to Croxby, 

 where they marked their fox to ground, dug, and killed. 

 They then set off with another from the same earth to 

 run by Cuxwold Asholt, Thorganby Hall, and Ravendale, 

 to Ashby Cottagers' Plats, and thence, with a fresh fox, 

 by Peterhills and Ravendale to Ashby-cum-Fenby, where 



