2 14 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



and hounds ran on hard through the Twelve Acre and 

 Gallabars. Then turning to the left they crossed behind 

 Grafton and Marton and over Nineveh, running by Grass- 

 gills into the Dale, where they rolled their fox over after a 

 capital run of an hour and a half Foxes were plentiful in 

 Lylands, which they went to draw, for as they chopped a fox 

 almost as soon as they were put into the covert, another lot 

 of hounds were running hard. Losing no time over ' funeral 

 ceremonies,' Mr. Lycett Green soon got the lot together, 

 and with as good a scent as had obtained in the morning, 

 they ran through Broadfield and Shepherd's Wood and to 

 within a field of Spelloe Hill. Turning sharp to the right 

 over the Wetherby and Boroughbridge road, they ran by 

 Grafton, and turned to the left to Ornham's Hall, where 

 they checked for the first time. It was a brilliant gallop of 

 forty minutes up to this point. They were soon going 

 again, and ran hard behind Grafton and Marton to Nineveh, 

 and thence through Shepherd's Wood to Lylands, and past 

 Rabbit Hill and Ramshaw into Hopperton plantation The 

 fox was no dweller in covert, for he ran straio'ht throuofh 

 the plantation, to the discomfort of those whose horses 

 now wanted a 'pull' badly. He had, however, had about 

 plenty, and was beginning to run short, and they ran a ring 

 round by Hunsingore and back to Hopperton, and thence 

 to Goldsbrough Moor, where hounds were stopped in the 

 dark. The run lasted two hours and a quarter, and the 

 pace was very fast at times. Only darkness saved the fox's 

 life, but it is probable that they changed at least once, for 

 foxes were very plentiful, and they ran through several coverts. 

 Frost set in at the end of the month, and for a fortnight 

 men were watching the barometer and grumbling at the 

 early stoppage. It was a strong frost, too, one of those 

 which made it necessary to advertise ' the first open day.' 

 So in the papers appeared the fixture ' First open day at 



