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' Bogs, ran hy the two Askhams, Swann's Whin, Angram, 

 ' Hutton Hall, Hutton Thorns, and killed him in the open 

 ' field at Hessay Moor side. Very good day.' 



' Thursday, February 23rd. Farnham. Tried Lofthouse Hill 

 ' Whin and Farnham Mires. Found in Preston bottoms, 

 ' ran by Farnham, Gibbets, Ferrensby, Lofthouse Hill, 

 ' Arkendale, crossed the North road near Nineveh, Marton 

 ■■ and Grafton, leaving Lylands on the right, and killed 

 ' him in the open field between Whixley and Broadfield. 

 ' Two hours. Very good hunting run.' 



Unfortunately Sir Charles did not keep a hunting diary 

 of any kind, and record of the sport which he showed during 

 the next few seasons is very scanty. Indeed, from 1853 to 

 1859 I have been able to find no record of runs, though 

 there is no doubt that during the period many good runs 

 took place. 



The next run I have to record took place in the early 

 part of 1859, an account of it appearing in The Field for 

 March 5th of that year. The writer, however, has been too 

 eager to tell us of a conversation with an imaginary Major 

 Bostock, and to treat of a great deal more irrelevant matter, 

 to remember to tell us the exact date. The fixture was Pilmoor, 

 whence Sir Charles at once proceeded to Sessay Wood. 

 Here they found at once, and in a short time they had their 

 fox in the open, and Sir Charles had the pack on his line. 

 They were running top pace as they crossed the Sun Beck, 

 which, as it usually does in these later days, held a gentleman 

 and his horse. First they ran to Thormanby, and crossed 

 the grass bottoms at a racing pace. The railway bridge 

 saved a good few falls in the Thormanby Beck. They rose 

 the hill to Carlton Husthwaite, whence they turned a little 

 to the right, and ran by Angram and Thornton into Newburgh 

 Park. Here the pace slackened considerably, but hounds 

 still stuck to their fox, hunting him over a very rough country 

 to Gilling Park, where they rolled him over not far from the 



