56 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' to Old Thornville, past Kirk Hammerton, crossed the 

 ' river again below Kirk Hammerton, up to Wilstrop, 

 ' through the wood and away over Monkton Moor to Red 

 ' House, crossed the Ouse near Beningbrough, by the 

 ' park side, skirted Court House Spring, over Newton 

 ' Fields, and ran him to ground in a drain between 

 ' Linton and Tollerton. Three hours. Very good day.' 



On the 2ist they had a fair day's sport from Nun 

 Appleton, finding plenty of foxes, and with their afternoon 

 fox they had a smart Httle scurry from the New Wood to 

 Naburn Lock, where they killed. On December 12th they 

 again crossed the river Ouse from Red House, running by 

 Beningbrough, Overton and Skelton, and finally losing their 

 {oy. near Shipton. It is by no means unlikely that this was 

 the same fox as they had run on November 16th, as hounds 

 would most likely change in Red House Wood on that day. 

 Indeed, though the fox that they found at first was an 

 amphibious sort of animal, and had crossed the Nidd four 

 times before he came back to Red House, he had got such a 

 dusting that he was scarcely likely to try the water again. 



' Thursday, January 4th. Providence Green. Found in Ribston 

 ' plantation, ran two rings to Langshaw and back, and then 

 ' away by Ribston Park, crossed the river half-way between 

 ' the two bridges, turned to the left over the Crimple, 

 ' crossed the road near Matson's house, along the riverside 

 ' to Cowthorpe, over Cowthorpe fields to Cowthorpe Woods, 

 ' where the hounds divided (part went to Ingmanthorpe 

 'Willow garth and were stopped), then down, skirting 

 ' Munster Hagg Wood, over Rudgate, down to Tockwith, 

 ' over Bilton Bream to Marston Whin, Ratcatcher's, along 

 ' the hill above Marston to Arthur Snowdon's, Robin Hood 

 ' Wood, turned to the left across the bottoms between 

 ' Hell Hole and Hutton, leaving Angram to the right 

 'nearly to Ringle Wood. Turned to the right by Little 

 ' Askham Willow garth, crossed the road half way between 

 ' Normans and Little Askham, up to Bilbrough, crossed the 

 ' York road half way between the New inn and Street 



