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Oaks to the left. The pace was now a cracker, and the 

 large field was considerably thinned. They now crossed the 

 Tadcaster and Wighill road, and ran along the Ings nearly 

 to Thorparch. Thence they hunted past Walton Wood, 

 which was left on the right, and crossing the Wetherby road 

 not very far from Deighton toll bar, they ran on to Tock- 

 with. From Tockwith they ran hard to Marston Whin, 

 through which they forced their fox, and then they ran him 

 on to Healaugh, and through Shire Oaks. Mr. Brooksbank's 

 park was then crossed, find they pointed for Thorparch again, 

 and leaving Tadcaster on the right, passed Catterton village 

 and pointed for Nova Scotia. Here the fox was probably 

 headed, as he made a sharp turn past Bilton Hall and 

 Hutton village, leaving Angram to the left. The pace now 

 began to slacken a little, but up to this point it had been 

 fast. Hounds, however, stuck well to their work, and rolled 

 their fox over near Askham village. The chronicler con- 

 cludes, ' Time, four hours and ten minutes, over a very 

 heavy country. The distance gone over would be fifty 

 miles at least. One or two crack riders acknowledge this 

 to have been the fastest run it had been their fortune to 

 witness across any country. Out of the large field only 

 fourteen were up at the death. Will Danby rode well 

 throughout the day, and was one of the fortunate ones at 

 the finish, with the whole of his hounds except three or four.' 

 This was a great run, though it was not very straight, 

 but it by no means covered fifty miles of country. It is to 

 be regretted that we have not a more detailed account of it, 

 for it was one of those runs which are so typical of the time 

 and country. For instance, it is a long stretch from Thorp- 

 arch to Deighton toll bar, and again from that place to 

 Tockwith. These long points make it difficult to measure 

 the run with any degree of accuracy, but in all probability 

 from thirty-five to forty miles would be covered. Our 



