So HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



On the third of the following- month they had a very 

 good forty-five minutes from Stub Wood, by Acaster, over 

 the Copmanthorpe drain, and by Askham Mill and Grange 

 Wood, killing at Acomb ; and two days later they had a 

 capital day's sport, and one, which for one incident alone, 

 would be likely to live long in the memories of those who 

 were fortunate enough to be present : — 



' Thursday, February 5th. Skip Bridge. Tried Widdington 

 ' Wood, Shipley (?) Rash, Thorpe Woods and Kirby 

 ' Hall, Broadfield and Lylands. Found in Shepherd's 

 ' Wood, ran by Broadfield, Whixley, crossed the road 

 ' by Little Ouseburn, Thorp Green, skirted Kirby Hall, 

 ' Thorp Woods, Widdington, straight down to Nun 

 ' Monkton, where the fox and hounds were in the river 

 ' together, and killed him as he was trying to get through 

 ' the palings at Beningbrough Park. Fifty-five minutes. 

 ' Very good day.' 



' Thursday, March 5th. .Scriven. Tried the new Scotton 

 ' Moor whin. Found in the Banks, crossed the water 

 ' to Willow Banks and to Killinghall, where the hounds 

 ' were stopped. Found again in the Banks, and the fox 

 ' crossed the water, when the hounds were stopped. 

 ' Found in Farnham Mires, ran over the bottoms to 

 ' Lofthouse Hill, Butterhills, Scriven, Farnham, Farnham 

 ' Mires, Brearton, Nidd, down to the river banks, back 

 ' again to the road, and to ground near Nidd. Bolted 

 ' and killed him.' 



On April 1st they had rather a disappointing day from 

 the huntsman's standpoint. It was in the same country as 

 was the day's sport just recorded, a part of the country, by 

 the way, which was very productive of sport during the 

 earlier years of Mr. Bateman's mastership. They found in 

 Scotton Banks, ran down to the Nidd and Scriven, and 

 finally lost their fox at Hay Parks. The second run was a 

 very good one They found in Flaxby plantation, and ran 

 hard by Goldsborough, Ribston, Walshford and Lund, and 



