150 HISTORY OF THE YORK AAW AINSTY HUNT. 



'Monday, March ist. Strensall. Found in moor, ran up to 

 ' Lining, headed back and killed him. Went to Overton 

 ' Wood, found, ran to ground near Court House brick 

 ' kiln.' 



' Tuesday, March 2nd. Skip Bridge. Whin blank. Found in 

 ' Red House, raced to Skip Bridge Whin, stopped hounds 

 ' crossing river. Found in Grange Wood, rattled him 

 ' through Rufforth to Marston Hill and killed. Forty 

 ' minutes. Found in Colton, raced to Catterton and Shire 

 ' Oaks, lost. Best scent of season. Bob Swann went hard.' 



' Thursday, March 4th. Goldsbrough. Found in wood. Lost 

 ' near Cattal. Returned to moor, found, away through 

 ' Green Dick to Kirk Hammerton, over railway to 

 ' Widdington Wood, killed him near Kirby. One hour, 

 ' forty minutes. Good scent.' 



' Saturday, RLirch 7th. Pilmoor. Brafferton. Found. Lost 

 ' near Clark's Wood. Found in Sessay Wood, raced 

 ' towards Raskelf, back over the railway near Sessay 

 ' village, on to near Fawdington, viewed our fox. He 

 ' went on through Elmire to Cod Beck. Killed just over 

 ' the beck near Topcliffe. One hour, forty minutes. Good 

 ' scent, good week.' 



The remainder of the month was wild and stormy. 

 Big winds and heavy rains alternately caused scent to be 

 but moderate, and nothing much in the way of sport took 

 place. The season ended on April 2nd : — 



' April 2nd. Last day of the season. Little Ouseburn. High 

 ' wind. Found in Marton Whin, to ground near Aldborough. 

 ' Found in Lylands four foxes. Killed one after a scurry 

 ' round the wood. Got headed. Found brace in Golds- 

 ' brough Wood. No scent. Lost in Dent's Wood. Drew 

 ' Hammerton Whin blank. Tremendous wind.' 



Taken on the whole the season had been a satisfactory 

 one, though there are not many runs which stand out as 

 great ones to be recorded. Hounds were out 1 1 1 days 

 and were stopped eight days, once from fog in November, 



