THE BRAMHAM MOOR COUNTRY. ly 



To the north lie the Tockwith, Bilton, Marston, and 

 Hutton coverts, all of them noted strongholds. Collier 

 Hagg, which is close to Hutton, is not the best place in 

 the world to get away from, for unless a man is pretty 

 handy to the bridge when a fox goes away, he may get 

 left. This part of the district extends to Wilstrop Wood 

 on the north, and Bilbrough on the east, and in it is some 

 of the strongest country to be found within the confines 

 of the Bramham Moor Hunt, or for the matter of that, 

 in England. A well-known sportsman, a man of wide 

 experience, and himself one of the hardest riders of his 

 time, always avers that the line between Hutton Thorns 

 and Wilstrop Wood is the stiffest he ever crossed. The 

 Bilbrough coverts are nicely situated, and generally hold 

 good stout foxes. There is a good deal of plough and 

 some good grass, and foxes not infrequently run over the 

 road into the York and Ainsty country, when a good gallop 

 is generally the result, as there is rather more grass on the 

 York and Ainsty side of the road. 



The principal fixtures on the Friday side of the country 

 are The Wild Man, Tockwith, Bickerton Bar, Deighton 

 Bar, Wighill Park, Wighill village. Thorp Arch, Marston, 

 and Walton village. 



Large as are the fields in the Friday country, when they 

 are usually swollen by a strong contingent from York, they 

 do not reach in numbers the fields which turn out on 

 Mondays, when hounds meet within easier distance of Leeds. 

 At some of the Monday fixtures there will be found at 

 least three hundred horsemen, whilst the roads will be lined 

 with carriages, and every hill covered with foot people, 

 many of whom never miss going out when hounds meet 

 within reasonable distance. 



The extreme eastern boundary of this district may be 

 put down as a line drawn through Kirk Deighton, reaching 



