324 The Hunting Countries of England, 



at Newsham Bridge. Muscoats Whin may be drawn 

 from Harom, near whicli Lord Feversham planted this 

 fine gorse some few years ago. It was from here that, 

 about the year 1877, the famous run took place, which 

 ended in hounds killing their fox at Yedingham Bridge 

 on the Derwent — fifteen miles away as the crow flies. 

 The scent was never strong nor the pace ever fast ; 

 but hounds worked their way unassisted throughout, 

 and the late Lord Helmsley got to the end with one 

 horse — Lord Castlereagh and Capt. C. Byng, who 

 were also up, having managed to pick up second 

 horses on the way. Near Nunnington they have the 

 small wood of Caukless Bank ; and above Sinnington 

 they often find a fox in the rushy fields. On Saturday, 

 when on the higher ground, they have, as already 

 mentioned, much stronger coverts and more broken 

 ground. Meeting at The Kennels they would 

 draw Romsdale and Lingmoor; and from Tylar's 

 Bridge they would go to the big larch woods of 

 Skiplam. Eiccal Bridge is the fixture for Riccal Dale ; 

 Helmsley for all the high ground above the town — 

 while Gillamoor is one of the northern meets whence 

 they draw the open heather, such as on Harland 

 Moors, &c. 



It is scarcely necessary to add that small fields are 

 the invariable rule — five-and-twenty people being, 

 perhaps, the outside number to meet hounds on the 

 high ground, and fifty on the lower. For in the 

 Sinnington country not only is there no large town ; 

 but the number of men of leisure and means resident 

 in the district is small and widely scattered. 



