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the Ouse and tlie Aire^ tliere lias not been any notable 

 sport in this direction of late years. 



Friday is, again, north of the Wharfe ; is devoted 

 to the north-east or Ainsty corner ; and includes all 

 the meets nearest to York. Beginning with a strong 

 flat plough country by Thorpe Arch, Catterton, &c., 

 and working round to Tockwith and Cowthorpe, we 

 find ourselves in a mixed grass and plough district — 

 the whole being stoutly fenced. Thorpe Arch, Bicker- 

 ton Bar, Marston, and Whighill Village are some of 

 the leading meets ; and there are many capital coverts 

 such as Hutton Thorns, Marston Winn, Wilstrip 

 Wood, the Copmanthorpe Woods, and Ingmanthorpe 

 Woods (the property of Mr. A. Montagu of Ingman- 

 thorpe Hall) . For this part of the country especially 

 is a stout well bred horse a sine qua non. 



Saturday is on the Bardsey side of the Kennels, and 

 is the second day given to the South of the Wharfe. 

 Here we get to smaller coverts than about Bramham ; 

 but the scent improves but little, and the plough is 

 still the reigning deity. About Bardsey itself, and 

 Scarcroft, is the best of this district — being a pleasant 

 open and undulating ground. The chief meets are 

 Bardsey, Wike, Collingham Bar, and Wetherby 

 Grange (Col. Gunter's place). Bramhope and Addle 

 are about the westernmost fixtures ; and, indeed, it is 

 not often that hounds are advertised as wide as these. 

 They draw as near to Leeds as Temple Newsam (Mrs. 

 Meynell Ingram's) ; but immediately west of Leeds 

 coal and iron have the country entirely to themselves. 



For a visitor to see the pack at work, York is the 

 point for which to take train. The journey from 



