194 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' between Gilbertson's Wood and Wheldrake, ran down the 

 ' hill, and turning to the left, leaving Lacey Bottoms on our 

 ' left, ran into Deighton plantations. Hounds were rather 

 ' bothered there by holloas, two or three fresh foxes being 

 ' on foot. Rattled the hunted fox round the covert, Wolds- 

 ' man (18861 nearly catching him; marked him to ground 

 ' in Richardson's Whin (the first Deighton covert). Time, 

 ' fifteen minutes up to Deighton's plantations. Found at 

 ' Wheldrake at once (a brace) in the rhododendrons, and 

 ' after rattling round the covert, got away at the Crockey 

 ' Hill end. The bod}' of the pack got a heel-line and took 

 ' it into the covert, the leading couples going on with the 

 'fox; ran over the Deighton road, turned again to the left, 

 ' and ran nearly up to Wheldrake ; recrossed the road, and 

 ' leaving Wheldrake village on our right ran round into 

 ' the Langwith end of Wheldrake Common ; ran the whole 

 ' length of the covert and through Mr. Bateson's covert, at 

 'the end of that came to a check; Stately (1887) and 

 'Saffron (1888) showed a line to the left, Woodman (1885) 

 ' coming up and speaking to the line ; the body came up, 

 ' ran into another small covert, got on a fresh fox here, ran 

 ' fast over Telmire Common into Peel Bridge covert, lost 

 ' some time there owing to a short turn our fox made. 

 ' Time up to there, one hour thirty minutes. Got away and 

 ' hunted him beautifully through Deighton plantations, past 

 ' the Court House at Escrick, into the park, and stopped 

 ' hounds at dark when pointing for Sheep Walk plantation. 

 ' Time, two hours ; beautiful hunting.' 



The year wound up with a bye-day at Moreby on 

 Wednesday, December 26th, when the dogs showed to great 

 advantage on a not very first-rate scentuig day. They found 

 a leash of foxes in Kelfield Wood, and one of these they 

 hunted beautifully for two hours. Once or twice they looked 

 as if they had lost him, but they got on to his line again 

 in Kelfield Wood, and hunted with remarkable steadiness 

 through a lot of riot, and finally killed on Gamble's farm. 

 Falstaff, Gulliver, Silence and Tomboy distinguished them- 

 selves very much, both by their steadiness in hunting through 



