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when the staghounds appeared on the scene. It would 

 have been curious had foxhounds and staghounds met when 

 running. It remains to add that there was any amount of 

 lane riding, for the stag obligingly ran parallel to the lane 

 most of the way ; and a gentleman who was present tells me 

 he shall never forget the wild charge they made down the 

 lanes, nor how a poor little terrier was literally crushed to 

 death under the hoofs of the horses. 



The season of 1840-41, the last season of Mr. Lloyd's 

 mastership, was a brilliant one, characterised by many of 

 those long and severe runs for which the York and Ainsty 

 had now become famous. The season began well, and early 

 on they had some nice runs. On October loth they had a 

 useful day's sport from Street Houses, a fox from Steeton 

 plantation leading them a nice gallop by Pallethorpe and 

 Hornington before they killed him at Bolton Lodge. Then 

 on the 29th they had a good clay, their second fox, from 

 Farnham Mires, showing a capital though somewhat ringing- 

 run of an hour and fifty minutes, by Copgrove, Stainley, 

 Brearton, Farnham Bottoms and Walkington 'Warren back 

 to the Mires, where they killed him. The first good run in 

 the Ainsty of which there is any account was rather a 

 disappointing one, as, after crossing a lot ot stift country, 

 their fox gave them the slip : — 



' Tuesday, November 24th. Askham Bogs. Found in Askham 

 ' Bogs, ran to Dringhouses and back through the Bogs, 

 ' past the windmill, through Swann's Whin, Angram, Hell 

 ' Holes, along the bottoms by Healaugh church, Snowdon's 

 ' Whin, almost to Nova Scotia, turned to the right over 

 ' the hill, crossed the York road between Bilton Church 

 ' and the Ratcatcher's, over Bilton Bream, Marston 

 ' Grange, through Wilstrop Wood, over Monkton Moor 

 ' to Red House. Went away by the church and stopped 

 ' the hounds, it being a fresh fox from Red House. One 

 ' hour fifteen minutes. Tried Red House to find the run 

 ' fox but could not, he having crossed the river at Monkton 

 ' town end.' 



