48 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' Thursday, December 4th. Copq-rove. Found in the round little 

 ' Carrs near Copgrove, and ran by the house and over 

 ' the brook. Turned to the left, parallel to the drain 

 ' almost to the river, then turned to the right and ran 

 ' straight away to Roecliff, over the common field almost 

 ' to Minskip. Then ran all along the bottoms to Staveley, 

 ' where he turned short back, and killed him by the brook 

 ' side. Forty-four minutes, very fast. Went after a fox 

 ' that was viewed near Burton Wood and ran to the 

 ' Carrs and back, and killed him in the covert near the 

 ' house at Copgrove.' 



On the 6th they had a good run with their afternoon 

 fox, after a fair morning-'s work. They found on Wheldrake 

 Common, and ran by Elvington to Dunnington Hagg, where 

 they were stopped after a very fast thirty-five minutes. On 

 the following Tuesday they had a good run, the fox crossing 

 the Ouse ; and it is worthy of notice that during the period 

 under consideration it was a common thing for foxes to cross 

 the river backwards and forwards : — 



' Tuesday, December qth. Acaster Mill. Tried Acaster 

 ' Whin, Brocket Hagg, Copmanthorpe Wood, Askham 

 'Bogs and Chaloner Whin. Found in the Nursery near 

 ' Askham Bogs, ran over the hill past Great Askham 

 ' Whin to Grange Wood, crossed the Wetherby road 

 ' half way between Rufforth and Acomb, leaving Knapton 

 ' on the right, straight down to Poppleton, crossed the 

 * river, through Overton Wood, almost to Court House 

 ' Spring and Shipton, turned and killed him at Primrose 

 Hill. One hour three minutes. Very good run.' 



I wonder what men would say now if they were to 

 begin their day's sport at Askham and finish near Shipton. 

 Luckily foxes do not cross the river so frequently now, for 

 if they did but few would see the sport. Not many years 

 ago, however, hounds crossed from the north of the Ouse, 

 and then crossed the Nidd, and killed their fox alone. 

 Here is ancjther run with a fox who was fond of the water : — 



