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brouo-ht down by the blind drains which come so frequently 

 in that country. Between the Low Carr and the Hij;h 

 Carr there was a risk of hounds dividing, but Mr. Lycett 

 Green kept them together, and in doing so he was charged 

 and knocked over by one of the reckless division who had 

 distinguished themselves earlier in the run by riding on the 

 top of hounds. They ran hard to Sutton Whin, and then 

 bearing right-handed up to Sheriff Hutton bridge, where 

 they were close to their fox. A holloa in the lane told that 

 the end was near, but the fox managed to struggle into a 

 rabbit-hole at the end of a very fine run of thirty-nine 

 minutes. A fast seventeen minutes from High Suet Carr, 

 round by Sheriff Hutton and nearly back to the covert, 

 made up a good day. Short as the cub-hunting season 

 had been, hounds did well, killing fifteen brace. 



The regular season opened at Oxton Hall on Tuesday, 

 November ist. There was a strong frost, a forecast of what 

 the weather was to be during the season, as it happened, 

 and scent served none too well. Still there was plenty of 

 fun, for hounds were never long without a fox, and a hard 

 day was the result, though they failed to kill. Sport 

 continued to be fairly good till November 24th, when they 

 had a capital day from Allerton station. They did not 

 find in the park, but just when they had finished drawing 

 it a fox was viewed over the park wall. Mr. Lycett Green 

 soon had the birches on the line, and carrying a rare head 

 they raced past Spring Bank and turned to the left past 

 Flaxby village and through Flaxby covert. So quickly were 

 they through the covert that those of the field who did not 

 look sharp were hopelessly left. They then pointed for 

 Kirby Hall, running between Whixley and Allerton villages. 

 Kirby Hall, however, was never reached, for the fox made 

 a short turn through the Dale plantation and ran on to the 

 main earth at Grassgills, which he tried. It was well stopped, 



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