22 The Hunting Countries of England. 



of the most successful blood in tlie Kennel was an 

 infusion thrown into it some two -and- thirty years 

 ago, from the original stock of old John Wardens 

 pack — Mr. Lane Fox having purchased a lot of five 

 couple at Mr. Wjmdham^s sale at TattersalPs. This 

 had been lying for some generations in Hampshire, 

 when Mr. Lane Fox chanced upon the opportunity of 

 buying five couple of the strain_, which eventually was 

 found to blend admirably with the Bel voir, Brocklesby, 

 and other choice blood. 



The Kennels in Bramham Park are the only part of 

 the ancestral establishment now occupied — the beauti- 

 ful old Hall having been destroyed by fire fifty-four 

 years ago and now standing, a magnificent ruin, in 

 the midst of all the same picturesque and carefully 

 tended surroundings that then made it one of the 

 ornaments of the neighbourhood. The walls, columns, 

 and perfect proportions of the old mansion still remain 

 uninjured ; the avenues and gardens are as beautifully 

 kept, and the park, as trim and well-timbered as ever. 

 The stables are full of horses ; and the Kennels hold 

 by no means the least-valued heir-looms of the House. 

 But the wind wanders where it will among the roofless 

 and windowless walls ; and a spreading tree has reared 

 itself over the very doorstep. 



The Bramham Moor Country is situated just to the 

 west of the city of York — starting from within four 

 or five miles of which, it runs westward between the 

 York-and-Ainsty and the Badsworth as far towards 

 Lancashire as moorland and collieries will permit. It 

 finds natural boundaries to divide it on north and 

 south and east from the other two packs named ; but 



