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after he was found, without recovering consciousness. My 

 information was received from a gentleman who was hunting 

 on the day of the accident, and I give the two accounts, 

 which, however, do not chffer in any essential detail. 



With Collinson a stranger to the country, and with 

 whippers-in who were also strange to it, Sir George 

 Wombwell was heavily handicapped in his first season, 

 and it was not distinguished by any succeision of great 

 sport. In it, however, a historical run took place, the 

 best that took place during Sir George's mastership. The 

 exact date, unfortunately, I am unable to give. They 

 found in Ribston Park and killed in Bardsey village in 

 the Bramham Moor country. They crossed the river twice, 

 the canal and two railways, and killed their fo.x in a 

 cottage garden where a woman was dying, so they took 

 him to the other end of the village to break up. They 

 never changed foxes, and every hound was up at the 

 finish. The late Mr. George Lane Fox was out, and 

 said it was a historical run, and one of the best he had 

 ever seen. 



The ne.xt season began well and they had a very 

 successful cub-hunting, killing twenty-three and a halt brace, 

 and having some good sport with them. Their opening 

 day was at Strensall, on Monday, October 31st. They 

 found a litter of cubs which had not been disturbed before 

 in one of the .Strensall coverts, and soon had hold of a 

 brace of them. Then they went to the Oak Wood, where 

 they found, and went away at once for Haxby. Turning 

 to the right, close to the village, they ran in a northerly 

 direction to Sutton-on-the-Forest, and ran into their fo.x 

 in the hall gardens after racing fifty-five minutes. They 

 then went on to Stillington, where they found a fourth 

 fox, and killed him after a sharp spin. On the following 

 day they had a good gallop from Skip Bridge, ending 



