COLONEL FAIRFAX'S MASTERSHIP. 169 



' Kennel Wood on right and belts, straight down to 

 ' Wharfe mouth. Crossed here. I got into a small boat 

 ' with my horse, Sir Walter. He took fright, knocking 

 ' me over, broke my collar bone, and very nearly got 

 ' drowned. However, a bargeman took him out, and going 

 ' on I stopped the hounds at Cawood. So home. Good 

 ' day's sport.' 



Colonel Fairfax was laid up for some few days, and the 

 hounds were hunted by Charles Haggar, who performed his 

 new duties very satisfactorily ; and on January 3rd, which 

 was the first day that the master was out after his accident, 

 we read that he was thoroughly satisfied with the way in 

 which 'Charles did his work.' Colonel Fairfax was soon at 

 work again, and showed a fair average of sport till the latter 

 end of January, when he had a day which was rather out of 

 the common : — 



' Tuesday, January 29th. Copmanthorpe. Hard frost in night. 

 ' No moving out of kennel till twelve noon. Doubtful 

 ' then. Could not draw Bogs owing to ice. Found Bean's 

 ' Brocket, raced to Colton Hagg, back over railway on 

 ' to Colton Brecks farm, R. Kilby's, back by Appleton 

 ' village to Brocket, through Brocket to ground near 

 ' Holme Green in rabbit hole, on old moat. Dug him 

 ' out. On to Stub Wood, found, raced into him near 

 ' Brocket. Good day for hounds. Scent good. Ground 

 ' hard ; freezing. Bitches do well in Ainsty ; quite as 

 ' well as dogs.' 



There was a fair average of sport during the next month, 

 though it began with a few days' stoppage from frost. There 

 was not much inconvenience in this respect, however, and 

 after being kept in kennel four days, hounds went on un- 

 interruptedly till March 25th, when there was a sudden storm 

 of snow and frost, which Colonel Fairfax characterises as 

 ' very remarkable.' Hounds were only stopped one day, and 

 a few days after they had a very good day : — 



