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1 89 1 -92. — Arthur Wilson left at the end of the season, 

 and went to the Atherstone, Will Gray succeeding him ; and 

 during- this season he hunted the dog pack. The season 

 began on Friday, September iith, at Deighton plantations, 

 and after some good work they killed a cub. The cub 

 hunting was especially good this year; day after day scent 

 served well, and there were some runs in October which 

 would not have disgraced December. Early on in the month 

 there was a run which was long talked of as the cub-hunting 

 day, and there were few better days on the AInsty side 

 during the season : — 



' Wednesday, October 7th. Street Houses, nine o'clock. Good 

 'scent in morning-; bad in afternoon. Found in Pickering- 

 ' Wood and ran up to Steeton Hall. Turned to the left 

 ' and ran up to Street Houses. Turned to the left again 

 ' and ran through Steeton Whin, round by Steeton Hall, 

 ' nearly up to Colton. Turned back and went to ground 

 ' near Steeton Hall. Got on another fox in a pond place, and 

 ' ran him round towards Steeton Whin. Turned to the left, 

 ' ran through Pallethorpe and on to Bolton Percy Willow 

 ' Garth, back to Steeton and away to the York and 

 ' Tadcaster road, (iot wrong information here, fox. having- 

 ' turned to the right. Went back to a holloa behind 

 ' Steeton, but made nothing out. Got away from Steeton 

 ' Whin, ran through Pallethorpe, on to the Willow Garth, 

 ' dusted a cub about there ; took him over to Steeton 

 ' Whin, and killed.' 



The first run was a very good one, and as the country 

 was naturally very blind and the pace was great, there was 

 a great deal of disaster. During the cub-hunting season 

 they accounted for thirty-and-a-half brace of fo.xes, twenty- 

 two brace of which they killed : a very good record for so 

 difficult a country as the York and Ainsty. 



The season opened on Monday, Novenvber 2nd, at 

 Aldwark Bridge. They had a fairly good day's sport, but it 

 was rather spoilt by hounds changing, and some of them 



