THE RULE OF Ah-. E. LYCETT GREEN. 187 



' Saturday, February 19th. Melbourne. After drawing the 

 ' fields and a good many of the coverts about Melbourne, 

 ' found at last at Ross Moor (Storthwaite) a fox without a 

 ' brush that went away at once. After running through the 

 ' first covert, changed on to a fox with a brush, and ran him 

 ' for three fields, and killed. Got the hounds quickly on the 

 ' line of the first fox, and ran hard to Foggathorpe, nearly 

 ' up to Laytham, and after running by Aughton Ruddings, 

 ' turned short back to the right and hunted slowly back to 

 ' Melbourne. Getting within a mile of Melbourne, scent 

 ' improved for a time, and hounds ran hard up to the covert ; 

 ' came to a check in one of the Melbourne coverts. Got on 

 ' the line again, and pointing straight through, made for 

 ' the canal ; turning to the left, ran the bank of the canal ; 

 ' turned again to the left, and owing to a view, got on better 

 ' terms with our fox. Hunted back through Storthwaite 

 ' and up to Melbourne Hall, where Seamstress (1886J rolled 

 ' the fox over in a lane near the park single-handed. A 

 ' run of two hours and fifteen minutes ; wonderfully good 

 ' hunting. It was not a fast run, but the fox (a vixen without 

 ' a brush) was fairly hunted to death by hounds keeping 

 ' their heads down and overcoming difficulties.' 



The season ended on April 4th, hounds having killed 

 thirty-four brace of foxes and ran eighteen brace to ground. 



1887-88. — The next season Arthur Wilson, who had been 

 hrst whipper-in under Gillard, came from the Belvoir to fill the 

 place ot Gillson, who went to the Durham. A start was 

 made amongst the cubs on September roth, Wilson taking 

 fifty-two couples of hounds to Red House Wood. The 

 morning was dry and hot, and scent was wretched, but there 

 was a good show of foxes, and after a couple of hours' hard 

 work they got hold of a cub. Unsettled weather prevailed 

 during the early part of the season, and in November there 

 were some heavy gales. On November 14th they were like 

 having a good day, but an accident spoiled it. They met at 

 Huby, and did not do much in the morning with a twisting 



