148 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' wood's Whin. Found. Away towards Knapton headed by 

 ' some steam ploughs, lost him. Found in Grange Wood, 

 ' ran a very smart thirty minutes to Fearby House, where 

 ' he disappeared. Good line by RufForth, Angram Bot- 

 ' toms. Collier Hagg, Bilbrough village. Very fast, good 

 ' gallop. Our fox got into granary, was let out by a 

 'workman afterwards.' 



On Monday the 24th, when they met at Aldwark 

 Bridge, what would have been a very satisfactory day was 

 spoiled by the foot people of whom we read, that owing to 

 them the hounds lost their fox, just when they should have 

 been killing him. A fair average of sport was had to the 

 end of the month, and December opened well with a 

 typical Ainsty day, in which there was a lot of hard work 

 and a satisfactory finish : — 



'Tuesday, December 2nd. Met at Nun Appleton. Did not 

 ' find till we got to Acaster plantation, ran hard to Stub 

 ' Wood, lots of foxes on foot, ran slowly towards Askham 

 'Bogs. Lost before we got there. Got on to a fox in 

 ' Bog, ran him hard in covert, and after a deal of hunting 

 ' killed him at the back of York, near Backhouse's gardens. 

 ' Bitches worked well.' 



On the Sth, when they met at Strensall, they had a 

 long hard day. They did not find till they got to Hawk 

 Hills, and then they had a long hunting run to Stearsby. 

 This entailed a long ride home, and they did not reach 

 the kennels till half-past seven o'clock. There was a fair 

 average of sport for the rest of the month, and they were 

 only stopped once or twice by frost. The month wound up 

 with a good day, the good scent on which was followed by 

 a frost : — 



' Saturday, December 27th. Met at Sessay. Clark's Wood 

 ' blank. Found in Sessay Wood, nice run forty-five 

 ' minutes, killing him in Peep o' Day. Found in Brafferton 

 ' at three p.m., away to Myton, crossed the river, through 

 ' Broadfield, to ground at Cattal. One hour, forty minutes. 

 ' Good day. Dogs.' 



