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a lot of hares and their perseverance, and I remember being- 

 very much struck with the close working of the hounds all 

 through the day. The first run might have been a good one 

 had the fox not crossed the river, and the last was nothing 

 but a ring round the Holly Carrs. 



Then came frost, and hounds were kept in kennel for 

 nearly a fortnight, missing seven days' hunting. They got 

 to work again on January loth, and had some excellent sport 

 all tlirough the month. An afternoon gallop with the bitches 

 from Overton Wood to the drain bank at the far side of 

 Gaping Goose lane, where a good fox saved his life by going 

 to ground, was a cracker as far as pace was concerned, for 

 they ran the five miles nearly straight in twenty-five minutes, 

 and over that severe country horses would have quite plenty 

 to do to keep with them. A few days later they had a good 

 day in the same neighbourhood, but it must be admitted that 

 fortune favoured them : — • 



' Monday, January 2 I St. Skelton. Holding scent ; glass high ; 

 ' day still. Overton Wood blank. Trotted off to a tree 

 ' two fields beyond Blue Bridge Whin. Found the fox at 

 ' home. Ran slowly up to New Parks, got on terms there, 

 ' ran fast up to the left of Huby village, turned a bit to the 

 ' left, and then raced away up to Hawk Hills, and killed 

 ' our fox dead beat in the Old Wood. Twenty minutes with- 

 ' out a check, hounds racing all the way. .Scornful {1S87) 

 ' got a view just before Hawk Hills. Got on to another fox 

 ' just before drawing Folly Wood, ran fast through the 

 ' covert, and getting away on his back, ran up to Stillington 

 ' Park on the Huby side. Ran through the belt and over 

 ' the Stillington beck. Leaving Marton vicarage on our left, 

 ' Farlington on our right, ran over the parish of Whenby, 

 ' turned slightly to the left as if for Brandsby Dale, but 

 ' leaving Brow Wood on our left, ran into Dalby Bush and 

 ' lost after a good hunting run of fifty-five minutes. A 

 ' singular thing in the gallop of the morning and the run 

 ' of the afternoon was that both were up wind. Evidently 

 ' the fox in the afternoon was the same fox that had run 



