76 HISTOJiV OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



On the 25th they had a good day from Whixley, killing a 

 brace, and a few days after frost set in, and there is no 

 account of any hunting from the 4th to the 27th of February. 



'Thursday, February 27th. Copgrove. Tried all the Copgrove 

 ' coverts and Walkingham Warren. P'ound in Farnham 

 ' Mires and to ground near the house at Copgrove. Tried 

 ' Lofthouse Hill Whin and Scriven plantations. Found 

 ' in Scotton Banks, ran by Scriven, Coneygarths, Farnham 

 ' Quarries, Gibbetts, Ferrensby, over Hay Parks, past 

 ' Eccles House, between Arkendale and Coneythorpe, 

 ' Claro Hill, Shepherd's Wood, outside Allerton Park 

 ' wall, Broadfield, almost to Whixley Park, down to 

 ' Hopperton, turned back by Allerton Park wall. Shepherd's 

 ' Wood, past Nineveh, crossed the North road and stopped 

 ' the hounds near Arkendale, being very late.' 



March was wild and blustering, and there were several 

 storms. A good run on the eleventh was spoiled by a heavy 

 fall of snow. They found in Askham Bogs, and ran by 

 Copmanthorpe, Brockett Hagg, Stub Wood, and to ground 

 under a tree root near Acaster. The fox was soon bolted, 

 and they ran on smartly to Acaster Whin, where the snow 

 overtook them and saved their fox. 



The two last entries for this season are made on April 

 /th and 8th. On the former day they killed a fox after a 

 good deal of knocking about in the Holly Carrs, and on the 

 latter they ran a fox from Askham Bogs to the back of 

 Acomb, and back to the Bogs, and lost him at Greenlands. 



Though Mr. Creyke soon retired. Will Danby kept on 

 in his place, and so when Mr. Bateman succeeded in 1845, 

 he had the advantage of a huntsman of experience who 

 thoroughly knew the country. Mr. Bateman was very keen, 

 and perhaps no man took a livelier interest in hunting than 

 he did. When a young man he rode hard enough, as indeed 

 he was obliged to do, for like many a good sportsman he 

 had no knowledge of country, and it has been said of him 



