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' fields. Came back to Brocket Hagg and got hold of a 

 ' tired cub. Found at Stub Wood and ran up to York end 

 ' of Acaster village. Turned to the left over Bishopthorpe 

 ' and Appleton road and Copmanthorpe lane, and turning 

 ' to the right, ran hard, straight over the railway up to 

 ' Askham Bogs, down by the middle ride ; turned to the 

 ' right up to Chaloner's Whin. Slight check owing to a 

 ' drain ; went to a holloa on the Dringhouses railway 

 'bridge. Got on the line and ran parallel with the railway. 

 ' Crossed it, and ran down the other side to Backhouse's 

 ' gardens, and killed in the far gardens near the waterworks. 

 ' One hour ten minutes. The first twenty minutes were fast, 

 'and the point was straight. Singularly enough it was a 

 ' cub that gave us this quick gallop.' 



The opening day, Monday, November 3rd, was at Hawk 

 Hills, where they found a sufficiency of fo.xes, but there is 

 nothing much to record till November 8th, when they had 

 a capital day from Escrick, the cream of which was a clipping 

 twenty-seven minutes from Cliffe Wood, ending with a kill 

 at the North and South Duffield cross roads. So fast was 

 the pace that the fo.x laid down in a ditch just before they 

 killed him. Unfortunately, very few saw the good thing, as 

 hounds had slipped away without their huntsman. 



They were soon to have a good hunting run, and, indeed, 

 all through November sport was above an average : — • 



'Tuesday, November i8th. Askham Bryan. Good holding 

 ' scent ; day very hot and bright ; glass rising. Found in 

 'Askham Whin and ran as if for Grange Wood. Turned 

 ' to the left, ran round Askham Bryan, worked back 

 ' towards Askham Richard. .Some wrong information took 

 ' us to Askham Hall stables, where a fox had been seen, 

 ' but hounds could make nothing more of him. Found at 

 ' Grange Wood, ran to Rufforth Whin, skirted the covert, 

 ' leaving it just on the right, and then ran up to the right 

 ' of Rufforth village, and up to Hutton Thorn.s — just twenty 

 ' minutes ; hounds ran fast. The hunted fox broke on the 

 ' Wilstrop side and went straight up the Marston and 

 ' Rufforth road. Instead of crossing it he laid down 



