142 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



fox in the covert. They soon got him away, but were 

 disappointed at the finish, as the earths were open, and they 

 ran him to grround in the breed-earths between Roecliffe and 



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Minskip, just when they had worked up to him. Then on 

 the 1 8th they had a good day from Skip Bridge, kilHng a 

 brace of foxes, with the first of which they had a very smart 

 forty-minutes from Skip Bridge Whin, killing him, after a 

 rather ringing gallop, close to Knapton. On March ist there 

 is the first mention I find of mange in the York and Ainsty 

 country, hounds having found a mangy fox in Simpson s Wood. 



It was on March 13th that Squires met with his fatal 

 accident. Hounds met at Grafton, and went away from the 

 Whin with a good scent. There had been a hard frost in 

 the morning, and it was rather slippery in places, though it 

 was considered quite safe to hunt. In jumping an awkward 

 stile into the road, Squires' horse fell with him, and rolled on 

 to him, breaking his shoulder blade and three ribs, and from 

 the effects of the accident he died a few clays after, to the 

 regret of everyone, for he was a popular man in the country. 



Truman Tuff hunted the hounds to the end of the 

 season, and one good day of his must be given : — 



' Monday, March 24th. Aldwark Bridge. Found a brace of 

 ' foxes in Aldwark Wood, ran a short ring and back to the 

 ' wood ; got away on the other side, and ran a fair hunting- 

 ' pace towards Tholthorpe, and turning to the left, killed 

 ' between there and the Haddocks. One hour twenty 

 ' minutes. Dog fox. Found again in Court House, a brace. 

 ' Ran well by Newton-on-Ouse, turned to the left and along 

 ' the grass near the river to Aldwark Wood, where hounds 

 ' divided, and did nothing. One hour. On turning to go 

 ' home a fox was seen in the Ings. Put the hounds on, and 

 'ran him well for forty minutes to ground near Linton. 

 ' A good day.' 



The season was brought to a close on April loth. They 

 hunted one hundred and ten days, killed forty-six brace of 

 foxes, ran twenty-one brace to ground, and dug one out, 



