24 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



One can almost hear Smith cheer Viceroy after reading 

 this graphic account of a famous run. It may be added 

 that in the reference which Brooksby makes to this good 

 run, he says, ' By good luck their fox took them along the 

 narrow valley of the river Wharfe, and kept them on 

 smooth meadows for miles, when a quarter of a mile on 

 either side would have put them on rough, almost imprac- 

 ticable ground.' Brooksby tells of another run over a 

 similar line which took place during the same season, of 

 which I may as well give an account here, again drawing 

 on Smith's Diary for particulars. 



They met at Stockeld Park on February 9th, and after 

 killing their first fox, they went to Cocked Hat Whin for 

 their afternoon fox, and a good one he proved. 



'Went to Cocked Hat Whin, found a brace of foxes there, 

 ' and three or four couples went away with one towards 

 ' Addlethorpe, the body going away with the other towards 

 ' SpofiForth, but bore to the left over the Haggs up to 

 ' Spaceyhouse Whin, which he left to the left^ and went 

 'over the railway and Crimple, pointing for Harrogate. 

 'Turned to the left through Haverah Park and Boar 

 ' Hole, and away up to SwarclifFe, where he beat us. I 

 ' think it quite possible we changed at Haverah Park. It 

 ' was fast up to Haverah, and the frost not being out of 

 ' the ground, the scent got worse as we got on to the high 

 ' ground ; but it was a good fox and a good run : — a nine 

 'mile point, and fourteen as hounds ran. Most of the 

 ' hounds got to us at Haverah, but Struggler and Gulliver 

 ' never got up to us, and were left out.' 



Brooksby omits to state the effect the weather had on 

 the scent, and adds that it was surmised that the fox had 

 got into the crags. Probably his account of the run is 

 from hearsay. He gives it as a \o\ mile point, but nine is 

 nearer the mark. 



It only now remains for me to allude to the most 



