1 88 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



fox from Haxby Whin. In the afternoon they found at 

 Skelton Spring, and ran very last to the left of Skelton 

 village and over the Skelton and Moorlands road. In 

 jumping into this road Wilson got a bad fall over some wire, 

 and was so much hurt that hounds were stopped. It was on 

 this dav that the late Duke of Clarence first hunted with the 

 York and Ainsty. 



Wilson was unable to hunt the next day, and then there 

 came a week's frost. Hounds took the field again on the 

 22nd, but the weather was still unsettled, and on at least 

 one day in the week hunting was only just possible. Then 

 came a really good day, though a somewhat unlucky one : — 



'Monday, November 28th. Alne Station. Found in the Old 

 'Wood at Hawk Hills. The fox was up a tree, a small wiry 

 ' fox, with a big white tag to his brush. Ran fast at first, 

 ' leaving Crayke just on our left ; hounds hunted him on to 

 'Peel Wood, Moonshine {i836] getting a bit forward with 

 ' the line after we left the wood ; hunted him up to Yearsley 

 ' Moor and up to Gilling, got a nick at him there owing to 

 ' a holloa ; got away from Gilling Wood and ran straight 

 ' up the avenue, leaving the castle just on our left hand ; 

 ' turned short to the right, and leaving Gilling village on 

 ' our left, ran him up past Cavvton Heights on to Stonegrave ; 

 ' turned to the left and went down into the low country, 

 ' crossing the Pickering railway ; hounds dwelt a moment 

 ' at a drain before crossing the railway, but quickly hit off 

 ' the line and pointed for Oswaldkirk ; came to very slow 

 ' hunting, but a holloa on the left got them on better terms 

 ' with their fox ; leaving Oswaldkirk on our right, ran past 

 ' Ampleforth College and on to Ampleforth village, and 

 ' came to our first really long check. Time up to then, one 

 ' hour fifty-five minutes. Got on the line of what turned 

 ' out to be a fresh fox, and turning to the left, ran over the 

 ' railway, leaving Gilling Wood on our left and Ampleforth 

 ' station on our right, and hunted him through the Newburgh 

 ' coverts ; took a line through them, and worked him slowly 

 ' on to Crayklands Wood, where we stopped hounds after 

 ' running three hours. From Hawk Hills to Ampleforth the 



