1 62 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AIN'^TY HUNT. 



had enough of Escrick side ; will give the bitches a turn 

 there.' And here it may be remarked that it is a very 

 judicious plan to change hounds sometimes, especially when 

 they have had a long run of ill luck. The dog hounds had 

 a good day in their fresh country, for they killed a brace of 

 foxes, and ran another to ground, and the entry acquitted 

 themselves well and to the satisfaction of the master. 



On the following Tuesday there was a somewhat unusual 

 occurrence, which should not pass unnoticed. They met at 

 Nun Appleton, and after killing a brace of cubs there, they 

 went on to Askham Bogs, where they found and killed a cub. 

 ' Nalton got him out,' writes the master; 'a most unusual 

 thino- to kill a fox in the Boys.' I mav remark that durino- 

 the time I have hunted with the York and Ainsty I never 

 saw a fox killed in the Bog^s, nor have I heard of one being 

 killed there during the last few seasons. 



The cub-hunting season was a fairly good one ; foxes 

 had turned up well in most parts of the country, and they 

 had killed twenty-one brace of foxes, the bitches killing the 

 most, and they did their work the best. The condition of 

 the hounds at the end of the ctib-hunting season was by no 

 means satisfactory, and is a subject of complaint on more 

 than one occasion. 



The regular season began on Monday, October 30th, at 

 StrensaJl, when hounds had a fairly good and very hard day, 

 not getting home till six o'clock. The weather in November 

 was unsettled, scent was catchy, and early in the month there 

 was snow, which, however, did not interfere much with sport, 

 and as not infrequently happens when there is an early trost, 

 the season was an open one : — 



' Monday, November 13th. Alne Mill. Dog hounds. Snow all 

 ' gone, country heavy. Felt seedy myself, but soon warmed 

 'up. Found a fox in whin very soon. Away very fast 

 ' towards Myton. Lost him, most unaccountably, at Cass 



