I70 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' Thursday, March 28th. Roecliffe. Frost and cold snow 

 ' showers. Found in whin at once, away to river, stopped 

 ' hounds. On to Burton Wood, found, away to Bishop 

 ' Monkton Whin, out of whin to ground in quarry near 

 ' Stainley. On to Warren, found, did no good. Back 

 ' to Warren. On to Mires. Found, ran hard to Scriven, 

 ' on to Gibbet's and I.oftus Whin, out of Loftus, and 

 ' killed. Found again in Loftus, away by Farnham, 

 ' Warren, Copgrove, Burton Wood, over Ings to opposite 

 ' Newby, crossed Ure, and lost near Milby Whin, (xood 

 ' day's sport. Home by road through Boroughbridge. 

 ' Did not get home till 8-30. The young IMinisters don't 

 ' seem to relish a very severe day so much as the Milton 

 ' sort or Belvoir.' 



An account of a good run in April must conclude the 

 history of this season : — 



' Monday, A.pril 8th. Dringhouses. A very blowy, cold, east 

 ' windy day, as dry and hard as possible. All York on 

 ' foot and carriages out, also A. Pennington and several 

 ' Holderness men. Drew the Bogs, found a brace, went 

 ' away with one towards Oldfield's, over railway ; stopped 

 ' hounds and trotted off to Acomb to Harewood's Whin. 

 ' Found, away at west end to Rufiforth church earths, 

 ' through village, hit it off near drain side, away like 

 ' mad to Clavton earths, and Nova Scotia. Here we 

 'came up with him, took him away through Duce Wood 

 ' to Healaugh Manor, on to Shire (Jaks, out at end, over 

 ' grass to near Tadcaster town end, by river, into Healaugh 

 ' Park, where they pulled him down in pond. Time, 

 ' fifty minutes, a very good run. Bitches worked well. 

 ' Went to Pallethorpe, Steeton, Colton blank. Found in 

 ' Bogs, but did no more.' 



Hounds were out one hundred and nineteen days. They 

 killed forty-one brace of fo.xes, and ran seventeen brace to 

 ground. They were stopped ten days by frost, and fog 

 in,terfered with them half a day. Happily there was not a 

 blank day. 



1878-79. — An early start was made the following season, 



