204 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' Found at Bog covert, Thorpe Green. Ran fast to Divil 

 ' Wood, and through it. Three couples of hounds got a 

 ' view at the fox as he crossed Widdington beck. Got 

 ' the body up to them, and leaving the Widdington coverts 

 ' on the left, ran through Carlton Wood and up to Nun 

 ' Monkton, down towards the river. Hounds got a view of 

 ' their fox opposite to Moor Monkton. They ran straight 

 ' up to him and rolled him over after a good twenty-five 

 ' minutes. Found at the Long covert, Kirby, and ran as 

 ' if for Widdington Wood, but turning to the left he went 

 ' over the river above Linton Lock. Another fox had been 

 ' in front of us as well. Got on his line at Fish Wood, 

 ' and ran hard to Divil Wood, through it and the Bog 

 ' covert at Thorpe Green. He was viewed from there dead 

 ' beat. Toiler (1889) got rather ahead of the body. Got 

 ' her stopped, and ran back nearly to Kirby long covert, 

 ' where a check took place. The fox was believed to have 

 ' gone over the river, and to ground in the opposite bank, 

 ' — about forty minutes. Found in Bog covert, below 

 ' Great Ouseburn. Ran fast through Kirby Park, and ran 

 ' up alongside Widdington Beck. Turned over it to the 

 ' right, and pointed straight for York and Boroughbridge 

 ' road. Turned slightly to the left, and ran up to Skip 

 ' Bridge ; checked ; took a line over the road, and to the 

 ' railway below Hammerton station. Went to ground 

 ' in a hedge between the railway and Skewkirk Mill. 

 ' Dug him out and killed. Bitches very keen, having 

 'pulled him out of the earth. Time, one hour; good 

 ' hunting run.' 



March came in with wild blustering winds, and it was 

 pretty evident to those with weather wisdom that the storms 

 were not yet done with, and on the 9th a keen north-east 

 wind was blowing through snow. The following morning 

 found the country covered, and on Tuesday and Thursday 

 hounds were confined to the kennel. Then the game went 

 on merrily again, and till the finish of the season sport was 

 good : — 



'Monday, March i6th. Aldwark Bridge. Very good scent; 

 ' glass rising ; wind north. The following coverts blank : 



