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bank, turned to the right, and ran up to one of the 

 Poppleton plantations. Hounds got together here, as 

 there was a check. Got on the line of our fox, and ran up 

 to Deighton Whin. Just as hounds went in at one side 

 the fox that we had been hunting went away at the 

 Poppleton end. This fox had a patch of mange on one 

 of his quarters. He was a big fox, and very red, and was 

 noticed to be the same in these respects as the one that 

 had left Red House. Hounds were held down to the Red 

 House drain, and as soon as the first few couples got over 

 to the other side they started to run very hard, and soon 

 got ahead — a good deal— of the pack. Leaving' Poppleton 

 lane two fields to the left, they turned right handed a bit, 

 crossed the York and Boroughbridge road, leaving the 

 Boot and Shoe on the right and Poppleton railway bridge 

 on the left; over the York and Poppleton railway, through 

 the corner of Rufforth Whin, on over the York and 

 Rufforth road ; here we could see the leading hounds 

 driving along a field ahead, Grange Wood a quarter of a 

 mile to their right hand ; turned slightly to the right, and 

 came to a very slight check when pointing for Askham 

 Bryan (time up to there from Deighton Whin, twenty-five 

 minutes), but hit off the line again and ran to within a 

 field of Askham Bryan, and came to a check again ; hit 

 off the line, got on a stale one near Askham Richard 

 Lodge gates for a few minutes; some information put us 

 right, and hounds struck the line to the right of Askham 

 Farm, and leaving that on the left, worked over the York 

 and Tadcaster road and on to Colton Hagg and Copman- 

 thorpe lane ; hounds got on the line after going through 

 Copmanthorpe village, and crossing the railway there, ran 

 on over the Copmanthorpe drain and into one end of 

 Brocket Hagg; came away and worked on to the river 

 just above Acaster Selby, through Acaster Selby plantation 

 and nearly up to Kennel Wood at Nun Appleton ; the fox 

 had turned short back and gone back on his old line, and 

 hounds worked him most patiently up to Stub Wood ; 

 scent improved here, and they ran nicely up to opposite 

 Naburn Mill, and killed their hunted fox in Mr. Raimes' 

 field near his garden at Acaster Malbis. Three hours and 

 ten minutes. As hounds ran, nineteen miles ; point, 

 eleven miles.' 



