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same side. Nearest to York is Dringhawses for 

 Askham Bogs — a famous covert^ in bog and rough 

 ground overgrown with beech^ and a sure find. 

 From here they are likely to go by Askham Winn 

 or to Colton Hagg, or run into the Bramham Moor 

 territory. Streethouses, on the Tadcaster Eoad^ is to 

 draw Coltan Hagg. Red House (the property of 

 Capt. Slingsby, and the old family residence^ though 

 at present let) is a very popular meet by the Ouse 

 side. There is a large and capital covert not far from 

 the House_, besides some few small spinnies. At Nun- 

 appleton are Sir Fred. Milner^s good coverts, with 

 Lord Wenlock^s Stubb Wood, a capital draw, to 

 follow. 



Thursday is for the Knaresborough and Copgrove 

 side. From Ribston are drawn the large woods of 

 Bibston and Goldsborough (Mr. Dent's). At Scriven 

 Park — Capt. Slingsby's — (to which, as with other far- 

 western meets, hounds are more often taken by rail) 

 are various woods and the '^ Nidd Banks " (good 

 rough covert underbank). Copgrove has its coverts 

 of moderate size and scattered, and was last season 

 the fixture which led to long runs on to the Moors. 

 Allerton Park (the seat of Lord Mowbray) and Kirby 

 Hall (Sir H. Meysey-Thompson) — each have nice 

 coverts. From Ripley Castle hounds probably draw 

 Leonard's Winn and other small places ; and the 

 extreme meets in this westerly direction are Swarcliffe 

 Hall and Burnt Grate. 



Saturday is almost entirely a woodland day — for 

 the big woods far north or due south. Thus, taking 

 train to Pilmoor or other station handy, they got 



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