EARLY Hr STORY OF THE HUNT. 



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' Hessay on the left, almost to Knapton, where, it having- 

 ' been dark some time, we were obliged to give it up. Two 

 ' hours forty minutes. Very good run.' 



There was not much to record on the following Tuesday 

 when they met at Acaster Mill; and on January iith, 

 when they were again at Red House, they were obliged to 

 give up hunting on account of the severe frost. A week 

 later they met at Askham Bogs and had two very fast 

 gallops. The first of these was from Little Askham Whin, 

 for they could not draw the Bogs on account of the ice, 

 by Bilbrough Gravel Pits, and to ground after a fast fifteen 

 minutes. The second fox was found in Pickering Wood and 

 ran by Colton, and back through Pickering Wood and by 

 Pallethorpe and Oxton, hounds eventually losing him at 

 Mr. Markham's garden at Bolton Percy. A run in the 

 beginning of March must finish the record for this 

 season : — 



'Tuesday, March ist. Nun Appleton. Tried the Dog Kennel 

 ' Spinney and Sicklepits. Found in the Bridge plantation, 

 ' and killed there. Tried the new woods and coverts near 

 ' the keeper's house, Pallethorpe and Steeton plantations. 

 ' Viewed a fox from a field near Street Houses, ran to 

 ' Bilbrough Moor, almost to Catterton Spring ; turned to 

 ' the left, and crossed the road near Tadcaster Bar, up to 

 ' Oxton ; turned to the left through Pallethorpe and 

 ' Pickering, leaving the Wild Man on the left, almost to 

 ' the New inn ; turned to the right, leaving Colton on the 

 ' right, over Brumber Hill, past the windmill by the 

 ' keeper's house, almost to the river side ; turned to the 

 ' right, over the Foss at Bolton Percy, past Bolton Lodge, 

 ' and killed him in the open field near Hornington Old Mill. 

 ' One hour thirty-six minutes. Remarkably fine run.' 



A fair average of sport seems to have been enjoyed in 

 the beginning of the season of 1831-32, but it was not till 

 November was half over that anything took place calling 

 for record here : — 



