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During this season of excellent sport hounds were out 

 one hundred and seven times, accounting for one hundred 

 and twenty-five foxes killed and twenty brace run to 

 ground. 



The cub-hunting of 1892 began on September Srd, but 

 nothing of note occurred till November 23rd, when there 

 was a splendid run of an hour and ten minutes, hounds 

 running at a great pace from Sedge Cop over a strongly 

 fenced country to Brandywharfe, where they turned over 

 the river, and unfortunately changed foxes just when the 

 huntsman was momentarily expecting to be able to handle 

 the hunted animal. Hounds were stopped as soon as 

 possible, but Dale tried in vain to recover his fox, who 

 thus saved his brush in the luckiest manner possible. The 

 next year, 1893, proved an eventful one for Dale, as he 

 unfortunately jumped into some wire netting near Hendale 

 Lodge on January 30th, broke his leg, and was unable to 

 hunt again that season, J\lr. Eichardson coming forward 

 like a good sportsman to carry the horn in his stead. He 

 showed some excellent sport, and in spite of five weeks' 

 frost, hounds went out one hundred and four times, killed 

 fifty-nine and a half brace of foxes, and marked twenty 

 brace to ground. 



August 14th saw the beginning of cub-hunting in 

 1893, and the first run of note took place on December 

 23rd. It emanated from Stallingborough Scrubbs and 

 lasted two hours and ten minutes, the country traversed 

 beino^ Stallincrborous^h to Healino- Wells, and thence over 

 Aylesby, and through Drake's Gorse to Bradley Wood. 

 Still keeping to the run fox, they next sent him to 

 Barnoldby, and brought him back to Bradley dead beat ; 

 but unfortunately they changed foxes then, and every 

 effort to recover the hunted animal failed. There was also 

 a good old-fashioned sporting run from Hungerhills on 

 the 28th of the same month, hounds first running over 

 Aylesby to Irby Dales, and by way of Kil)y, Aylesby, and 

 Healing, to Maud Hole and Drake's Gorse, where a spell 

 of covert work was followed 1 >y two rings in the open and 



