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' bitten him, and we bolted and killed him in a field ; an 

 ' old dog fox. An exceeding good run of an hour and 

 ' fifty-five minutes, very complete, as we chased hard at 

 ' first, surpassed many difficulties, recovered beautifully 

 ' and chased hard the last three miles; the chase computed 

 'to be eighteen miles; Coroner, Broker, Baronet, Rich- 

 ' mond, Selaby, Tartar, and more especially young 

 ' Tichfield ran and distinguished themselves most 

 ' conspicuously. Had twenty couples of the old hounds 

 'and young Tichfield. A very dry, cold, windy day; but 

 ' miraculously a good scenting da}', when the hounds 

 ' chased with clouds of dust flying from them.' 



APPENDIX II. 



Will Clark. 



Will Clark was an old earthstopper of the Bramham 

 Moor and York and Ainsty Hunts, who resided at Tadcaster. 

 He was interred at the expense of Mr. George Lane Fox, 

 and the following epitaph on him was written by Mr. Thomp- 

 son, of Tadcaster, the author of the poem on page 238 of 

 the History of the Bramham Moor Hunt. Mr. Thompson 

 was ' Calcaria's lawyer,' mentioned in the poem. 



Epitaph. 



' Stop, gentle reader, drop a tear ! 

 For poor Will Clark lies buried here ; 

 So great his craft, and such his skill, 

 Foxes by scores he'd helped to kill ; 

 And now (how strange the paradox). 

 He's run to ground here by a Fox ! 

 Like him to fate we all must stoop. 

 And life resign at death's whoo-whoop.' 



