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morning, and winding up with a good thirty minutes from 

 Aldwark to Ahie Hall. In February sport was excellent: — 



' Monday, February 2nd. Skelton. Holding scent, except on 

 'plough, which carried; glass falling; wind south-west. 

 ' Found in Skelton Spring, ran over the road, leaving 

 ' Shipton on our left. Turned to the right and ran up to 

 ' the York and Moorlands roads ; pointed as if for Nova 

 ' Scotia ; crossed over the road and turned short to the 

 ' right ; recrossed the road at Skelton and ran for Skelton 

 ' Park ; worked up to Aloorlands ; got on better terms with 

 ' their fox, and after crossing the Moorlands and Skelton 

 'road, turned to the left, and ran nearly up to Plainville ; 

 ' turned to the right, and worked up to the York and 

 ' Sutton road, over it, and leaving Ha.x.by Whin on our 

 ' right, ran through Haxby Wood and Carr. Leaving 



* Hundred Acre Farm on our left, pointed for Oak 

 ' plantation. Turned to the right, worked up to the York 

 ' and Scarborough line above Haxby station ; crossed over 

 ' the river Foss near Towthorpe, and turning to the left 

 ' ran up to the river side ; recrossed the river at Strensall ; 

 ' came to a long check here ; hit off the line near the 

 ' village, and worked up to near the Oak plantation, 

 ' where we had again another long check. Took the line 

 ' down by the river Foss, and ran on into Strensall covert 

 •' side, and though hounds showed a stale line, made 

 ' nothing more of it. One hour and thirty minutes — good 

 ' hunting run. Sutton Whin, Suet Carr, Haxby Carr and 

 ' Nova Scotia blank. Found in Overton Wood, ran for 

 ' three fields and lost.' 



Though this was not a very brilliant run it was a very 

 satisfactory one, and showed that the ground was getting 

 into better order, and that when the plough had "saddened" 

 a little there would be something to talk about. Nor was 

 the good sport long in coming, for three days later they had 

 a clipper : — 



' Thursday, February 5th. Green Hammerton. Good scent, 

 ' especially in the morning ; glass very high indeed. 



* Widdington Wood and all Widdington coverts blank. 



