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' through it and by Svvinnow Hill, over Ingmanthorpe 

 ' Park, and by the corner of Sugden Wood, by the 

 ' little covert, and by Geldart's plantations. Over the 

 ' Hall Garths, past Matson's house, crossed the North 

 ' road opposite Matson's, crossed the Nidd about a 

 ' quarter of a mile above Walshford Bridge. Past 

 ' Whincup's house, straight away to Green Dick and 

 ' Flaxby plantations, turned to the left by the brick 

 ' kilns, over Goldsborough Moor, and on to Goldsborough 

 ' Park and Goldsborough Field, along the Nidd side up 

 ' to Knaresborough town, where he was viewed in the 

 ' Nursery gardens, turned short to the right over Hay 

 ' Parks, leaving Arkendale on the right and Ferrensby 

 * on the left, to Spellow Hill, where we lost him. Three 

 ' hours eight minutes. Most extraordinary run.' 



It does not seem too much to say that this was one of 

 the finest runs ever seen over any country. To begin with, 

 it was a sixteen-mile point, and as hounds ran it could not 

 have been much less than twice that distance. Every variety 

 of country was crossed, and most of the early portion of it was 

 in the cream of the Bramham Moor country. Hounds, too, 

 would finish fully five-and-twenty miles from home, and it 

 would be interesting to know how many gallant sportsmen 

 got to the end, and what were the hounds that distinguished 

 themselves. Long runs are generally not very fast, but in 

 this particular instance the pace must have been a good one. 

 It is, of course, open to doubt whether it was the same fox, 

 and the probability is that they changed, perhaps more than 

 once. But there was not much chance of chanorino- horses. 



The Goldsborough foxes, in the year under notice, were 

 good ones, and many a good run was seen in a country which 

 is now not a favourite one with the followers of the York 

 and Ainsty. On the 10th of the same month they had a 

 g-ood run in this district. Finding their fo.x in Fla.xbv 

 plantation, they ran by Claro Hill, Nineveh and Allerton 

 Park, and then through Broadfield and by the end of 



