The Bramham Moor. 21 



THE BRAMHAM MOOE.* 



Yeey prominent among tlie Yorkshire packs is tliat 

 of the Bramham Moor, which, having been formed 

 nearly a century ago by the grandfather of the present 

 Master, has been in the possession of Mr. Lane Fox 

 for the last thirty- three years. For a short time it 

 passed out of the family into the hands of the then 

 Lord Harewood, to be given back in 1848 to the late 

 Mr. Lane Fox — who died a few months afterwards, 

 leaving it to his son. We have no hesitation in 

 saying that the Bramham Moor Pack has few 

 superiors among the leading kennels of England. 

 Here is the result, not only of a lifetime but of the 

 lifetime of one of the most consummate judges of a 

 foxhound in England, based upon the inherited 

 possession of strains of blood from the best and 

 oldest sources. For racing quality and sturdy 

 strength — for clean light symmetry and thorough 

 working points — the pack at Bramham stands out a 

 living testimony to the management that has created 

 it, and a study and delight to the novice who would 

 learn how foxhounds should be built. Perhaps some 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheet 5. Also Hobson's 

 Foxhunting Atlas. 



