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' hour and ten minutes with him, killing him at Moorlands. 

 ' Poor scent. Hounds worked well. Dogs. Best day we 

 ' have had.' 



It is pretty evident that by this time the dog pack had 

 got into good form, and their record for the cub-hunting 

 season is a creditable one, especially when the complaints 

 of their unsteadiness early in the season are taken into 

 consideration. Hounds were out thirty-one days during 

 the cub-hunting season, killing twenty brace of foxes and 

 marking three and-a-half brace to ground (not dug). The 

 dog pack, which was out fifteen days, killed ten-and-a-half 

 brace. 



The regular season commenced at Alclwark, on Monday, 

 November 3rd, but they did not have a very good day 

 though they found plenty of foxes, and killed one and 

 marked other two to ground. Rain had been much wanted, 

 but at last it came heavily, and on November 5th, when 

 they met at Whixley, it rained in torrents. They had in 

 consequence the best scent of the season so far and had a 

 capital gallop from Lylands, never leaving their fox for 

 an instant till he crossed the river at Boroughbridge On 

 the following Tuesday they had a good day. The fixture 

 was Bishop INIonkton, and in Monkton Whin they found a 

 good fox that took them over a fine line to Hob Green, 

 where he beat them. A second fox was found at Bishop 

 Burton, and was marked to ground at the end of a very 

 fast twenty minutes, bolted and lost : — 



'Monday, 17th November. Met at Shires Bar. Whin blank. 

 ' Found in Flawk Hills, ran smartly to Huby to drain, 

 ' bolted, and killed. Found again in Hawk Hills, away to 

 ' Creyke and Easingwold, where we lost him. Fair scent. 

 ' Found and went to ground in Carr, Stillington.' 



'Tuesday, i8th. Met at Skip Bridge. Did not find in the 

 ' whin. Found in wood, ran hard round it, crossed the 

 ' river twice, lost near Marston station. Trotted off to Hare- 



