EARLY HISTORY OF THE HUNT. 43 



'Tuesday, March 5th. Askham Bogs. Tried Askham Bogs, 

 ' found in Little Askham Whin, ran towards Angram, 

 ' and then to Normans ; turned short back over Askham 

 ' Field and to ground near Great Askham, bolted him 

 ' and ran to Great Askham and lost him. Tried Grange 

 ' Wood and Little Askham Whin, Steeton plantations, 

 ' Pickering and Pallethorpe, Bolton plantations and the 

 ' New Wood. Found in the Bridge plantation, ran across 

 ' Nun Appleton park to the Sicklebits, leaving Low 

 ' Acaster on the right to Stub Wood, took one turn in 

 ' the wood, and then away by the water side to Low 

 ' Acaster (where he got into drain under the road, but 

 'came out directly), and killed him. Forty-one minutes.' 



Two days later they had a good run of an hour and 

 twenty minutes from Copgrove, killing their fox at Staveley 

 village ; but one of the best runs of which there is a 

 record was from Red House on the following Tuesday, 

 albeit the line would cause considerable disappointment 

 to the bulk of the field : — 



'Tuesday, March nth. Red House. Found in Red House 

 ' Wood, ran in it for some time, and then away to 

 ' Scagglethorpe almost to Poppleton, turned back again 

 ' by the water side, through Red House Wood, crossed 

 ' the water below Beningbrough village, straight to Court 

 ' House vSpring, through it and away over Newton Field 

 ' to Beningbrough Park, crossed the river at Nun Monkton 

 ' where a couple of hounds killed their fox, and rest of 

 ' pack ran over Nun Monkton Park, away by Thorp 

 'Wood to Green Hammerton, over the hill and down 

 ' to Kirk Hammerton, crossed the lane below Mr. 

 ' Thompson's house, leaving the mill on the right, crossed 

 ' the water at Wilstrop village and lost him just below 

 ' "Wilstrop Great Wood. Two hours forty-five minutes.' 



On March 21st, rather a curious incident took place. 

 They met at Scriven and ran a fox from Scotton Banks 

 into a cellar in Knaresborough, whence he was taken 

 and turned down in front of hounds, and eventually 



