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village they left on the right They crossed the Market 

 Weightoii and Selby railway at the level crossing to the right 

 of Foggathorpe station and ran on by Willitoft, just missing 

 the small covert there, to Lord Londesborough's covert at 

 Spaldington. Time up to this point, thirty-five minutes, all 

 on grass. A momentary check took place here, and a couple 

 of wheat fields caused horses to sob after so severe a burst. 



Hounds were going and on the grass again before horses 

 fairly got a blow, and there was no frilling off in the pace 

 as they skirted the Spaldington new covert and ran over Fir 

 Tree farm, where for a second or two they hovered ; they 

 cannot be said to have checked. They then pointed for 

 McNeill's covert, and ran down to the river Foulness, crossinuf 

 the Holme road at Wetham bridge. Thence they ran along 

 the river side to the Bishopsoil drain, an awkward enough 

 place to tackle at any time, and more especially after such a 

 gallop. But those who were in the wake of hounds were not 

 to be denied, and it woukl have taken something bigger and 

 more formidable than the Bishopsoil drain to have turned 

 them when hounds were runnino- as thev did on this memorable 

 day. So a place was soon found, but whilst it was being 

 looked for hounds had overshot the line and five couples of 

 them had got forward ; so that when Mr. Lycett Green came 

 up to the body of the pack he had to hunt his hounds as it 

 were. But scent was so good that even under such disadvan- 

 tageous circumstances the pace was good as they ran past 

 Bloom Hill and Yokefleet Grange to Sandholme, where they 

 caught up the leading hounds, who had checked for a moment. 

 Hounds were going again at once, but there were two lines, 

 owing to the fox having tried a couple of drains. Mr. Lycett 

 Green sent Chandler to one of them and David Dalby to 

 the other, and by this means disaster was averted, and hounds 

 got together without loss of time. They ran on at a good 

 pace by Gilberdyke to Newport station, the time up to this 



