54 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' left to Rough Arthington (f Rudfarlington), down to 

 ' the Crimple, and stopped the hounds going into Plump- 

 ' ton Rocks. Here part of the hounds divided and ran 

 ' through Deighton Spring and lost their fox at Kirk 

 ' Deighton.' 



Much of this good run was in the Bramham Moor 

 country, a part seldom now run into by the York and 

 Ainsty hounds. In the olden time foxes, if not stouter than 

 they are at present, at any rate seemed to cross the rivers 

 more frequently than they do now, though in these later 

 days they cross them oftener than the field relishes. The 

 next run is remarkable for a curious incident such as seldom 

 takes place with hounds, but of which I know of one or two 

 instances, one of which is referred to later on : — 



' Tuesday, March yth. Askham Bogs. Found in Askham 

 ' Bogs, ran over the Askham Common field, over Bilbrough 

 ' Hill, skirted the Moor, through ]\Ir. Fairfax's plantations, 

 ' Catterton Spring, over the drain, almost to Mr. Brooks- 

 ' bank's, turned to the right by Horse Wood and Healaugh 

 ' Manor, Duce Wood, over the hill by the church, Angram 

 ' to Swann's Whin, where the hounds divided. Part went 

 ' a short ring to Bilbrough and back and lost, and the 

 ' rest ran by Great Askham and towards Acomb and 

 ' back to Great Askham, where a chimney sweep caught 

 ' the fox and held her till the hounds came and killed her.' 



For which piece of gratuitous interference, it is probable 



that the chimney sweep would not receive many thanks at 



the hands of the executive, as the fox seems to have 



been a vixen. The last day of which there is an account 



took place late in April, and was perhaps the last day of the 



season. It was a good day for the time of year, and was 



remarkable for the way in which foxes stuck to houses and 



gardens at the finish : — 



'Wednesday, x\pril igth. Goldsborough Moor. Found in 

 ' Goldsborough Moor, ran by Langshaw and Ribston 

 ' plantations and to ground in a clump of trees near 



