2o6 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



' through the Braisby Woods to the large covert just 

 ' above Summer Bridge, near Dacre Banks. Here we 

 ' probably changed. Ran for three fields pretty straight 

 ' to Hartwith, leaving the church on our right, to Spring 

 ' House Wood, which we skirted. Turned over the old 

 ' Pateley road to Broomhill Wood, through Cryers' Wood 

 ' to ground in a drain in Warsill. Bolted him, ran fast 

 ' up to the top of Butterton Gill, to the far end of Sawley 

 ' Woods. He was viewed making back, and ran almost 

 ' straight back the same line, when we killed. C. Green- 

 ' wood made the Summer Bridge plantation and far end 

 ' of Sawley about five miles as the crow flies.- This was 

 ' one of the best days we have had for hounds all through 

 ' the season, and the bitches worked wonderfully, the run 

 'being about three hours. Waitress (1890) and Streamlet 

 ' (1890) doing extremely well.' 



They hunted on till April iith, when they again met at 

 Sawley to finish the season, and again had an excellent day's 

 sport. They found the first fox in Sawley Wood, and ran 

 him hard, with a good scent, for some time, and lost him 

 just as they seemed certain to kill. Then came another run 

 from Sir Henry's Wood up to Kettlesing, where the fox 

 went to ground. But better was to come. Rather late in 

 the day they found in the Park Wood at Ripley, and ran 

 very hard over a fine country to Winstanley Hurst After 

 the first twenty minutes they hunted on nicely to Scotch 

 Moor above Bewerley, the stone walls giving them a lot of 

 trouble, as they were quite unjumpable. Hounds were finally 

 stopped, and it was after ten o'clock when the special arrived 

 at York. 



They were, however, to have one more last day, and on 

 the following Saturday they met at Suffield by invitation from 

 Captain Johnstone. They had a good moorland day, and 

 killed one of the stout foxes for which Captain Johnstone's 

 country is so celebrated, this making up the complement to 

 forty brace. They ran fifteen-and-a-half brace to ground. 



