2 TO HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



Frost set in on the i8th, and there was no hunting till 



Wednesday, December 30th, when they had a bye-day at 



Moreby. Scent was bad, as it frequently is after a spell of 



frost, and though they had a lot of knocking- about there is 



not much to record. On the following day the; glass began 



to rise, and they had a moderate day's sport, and on Saturday 



the frost set in again, and though they managed to steal a 



day, it was a hopeless case from the beginning. Hounds 



were kept in kennel till January 25th. On that day they 



met at the kennels for Naburn. and a very doubtful day it 



was. There was a good deal of 'bone' in the ground from the 



old frost ; and then, as had been usual whenever a thaw had 



set in this winter, there were a few degrees of frost on the 



top to improve matters. However, .Mr. Lycett Green elected 



to take it as it was, and a fairly good day's sport was the 



result, hounds getting hold of a brace. On the 27th it is 



recorded that they left a mangy fox in Overton, and it was 



about this time that the dreadful scourge was first beginning 



to show itself, though no one anticipated at the time that 



it would prove so serious a matter as it did. Scent did 



not favour hounds greatly in February, but though there were 



occasional frosty days, they were not much stopped. They 



had a rare day for hounds on the 25th, when they met at 



Goldsbroucfh Hall, and killed a brace of toxes after some 



good running. Long hunting runs frequently took place in 



March, and hounds hunted most perseveringly, killing their 



foxes well. The following is one of the best days of this 



kind that they had : — 



' Monday, March 21st. Ahie. Good scent in morning, not so 

 ' good later on ; glass rising ; day fine. Youlton Whin and 

 ' Aldwark Moor blank. Found at Aldwark Wood and ran 

 ' fast through small coverts near Burton's farm. Turned 

 ' to the left and ran nearly up to the keeper's house at 

 ' Aldwark, past the hall and up to near the bridge. After 

 ' a check skirted the right-hand side of the wood, and ran 



