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' consequence, it was suggested that a covert not far from 

 ' Ouseburn should be tried, instead of digging- out a fox, 

 ' and a thoroughly successful draw was the result. The 

 ' hounds burst into full cry instantly, and away they rattled 

 ' towards Thorpe Green to Poole Spring, hanging to the 

 ' lett through Widdington Woods. Here they turned, and 

 ' taking a straight line through Kirby Hall plantations, 

 ' within a short distance of Aldwark Bridge, where he 

 ' crossed the river, when the hounds w^ere stopped. The 

 ' speed was racing for forty-five minutes, and only the river 

 ' and the evening setting in saved the fox for another day. 

 ' It was a heavy day for hounds, horses and men, and very 

 ' few witnessed the termination of it. 



' On Thursday, the 28th, the meet was at Ripley Castle. 

 ' The morning was very wet. A fox was found in the park. 

 ' Little was done with him, however, in consequence of the 

 ' wildness of the morning. The hounds then went on to 

 ' Cayton Gills, where they got on to a real wild fox, and 

 ' ran him very fast up to Sawley and on for the moors. 

 ' Found again at Monkton Whin. Away directly. Ran at 

 ' a clinking pace for twenty-three minutes up to the Dark 

 ' Walk, at Copgrove, where foxes were changed, and getting 

 'on the line of a fox that had been gone some time, they 

 ' ran him slowly up to the village and lost him. 



' On Friday the hounds met at Nun Appleton. There 

 ' was a large^ field, including the Master of the Badsworth, 

 ' Mr. J. Hope Barton, and his huntsman, though we regret 

 ' to say they did not see the finish of this splendid day, 

 ' owing to a slight accident to Mr. Barton, near Rufforth. 

 ' In his pursuit of Squires, Mr. Barton found the York and 

 ' Ainsty a somewhat different country from the Badsworth. 

 'The word was given to try Stonebridge plantation, and 

 ' without delay a fox broke away. After taking a circuit 

 ' round to Appleton, he succeeded, near to the village, in 

 ' evading- his pursuers. In Stub Wood the hounds spoke 

 ' to a fox immediately, and in a short time he broke away 

 ' towards the river opposite Moreby Hall, and after running 

 ' on the banks, made a straight cut across the Ings land, 

 'and the hounds, racing on his line, made one of the 

 ' prettiest sights conceivable. The old phrase of a sheet 

 ' covering the pack is somewhat trite, but it is literally true 



