1 6 HISTORY OF THE BR AM HAM MOOR HUNT. 



which shall be given in Its proper place. The other 

 principal coverts in this part of the Friday country are 

 Hall Parks, Champagne Gorse, Walton Wood, and Hat- 

 field's Plantation, — all of them notorious in the Bramham 

 hunt as the starting points of famous runs. Armitage's 

 Wood, which is generally the first draw from Deighton 

 Bar, should not be omitted. There is one formidable place 

 in this part of the Hunt, known as Boggart House Drain. 

 It is wide and it is deep, the approach to it is none of the 

 best, neither is the landing quite what may be wished when 

 you get to it. I say 'when you get to it' advisedly, for it 

 is easier to get into Boggart House Drain than over it, as 

 many an aspirant to fame has discovered ; and I doubt not 

 that there are hidden somewhere in its depths as many 

 stirrup-irons and leathers, and spurs and hunting-crops, as 

 would fit up a small saddler's shop. But that notwithstanding, 

 there is always a fair number of the Bramham field prepared 

 to have a try at it whenever it comes in their way. 



Eastward lie the Wighill coverts and Shire Oaks, which 

 is generally the first draw when the meet is at Wighill 

 village, and farther east are the Catterton coverts and 

 Healaugh. These are in the middle of a piece of very fine 

 country, and although there is some heavy plough to be 

 encountered here and there, there is a nice proportion of 

 grass. The fences are big and the drains wide in this part 

 of the country, and a stout and clever horse is necessary 

 to get near hounds when there is a scent. Catterton Drain 

 may be said to be the bete noir of this part of the country, 

 and in some places it is not jumpable. Where this is the 

 case, a bridge is generally handy and useful, for Catterton 

 Drain is scarcely the sort of place one cares to tackle at 

 the end of a fast half-hour, with a horse that is more than 

 a little blown. Still it is only fair to say that it is generally 

 taken as it comes by the first flight when it comes in 

 their way. 



