34 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



' Over the moor, crossed the road at Streethouses, down 

 'to Bolton Percy, turned to the left to Stub Wood, into 

 ' which covert reynard was viewed not above a field before 

 'the pack. Here they unluckily changed, and going away 

 ' with a fresh fox were with difficulty stopped running in 

 ' a direct line for the river below Sir William Milner's 

 'Park at Nun Appleton. In a direct line from point to 

 ' point it exceeded twenty miles ; the ground they went 

 'over above five- and -twenty, in two hours and eighteen 

 ' minutes, and what is remarkable, this game fox hardly 

 'owned a covert and never tried an earth. The scent laid 

 ' very well, and they always kept going, though :certainly 

 ' not their best pace. Mr. Hawke, on King Cole, Mr. Jadisj 

 ' on Speculation, and Mr. Clough, on Conqueror, deserve 

 'honourable mention, nor should Capt.Sotheran, on Rocket, 

 ' be omitted, who showed what wonders a heavy weight can 

 ' perform when possessed of a good eye to country.' 



. This was a wonderftil run indeed, the finish beins^' over 

 quite the cream of the Ainsty. It will be noticed that it 

 is stated that hounds crossed Bilbrout;-h Moor, and anyone 

 who takes the trouble to follow the run on the map, and 

 who knows the country, will recognise how the face of it 

 is changed since this good run took place. What was then 

 common and moor is now under cultivation, and where there 

 was heavy plough there is now a larger j^roportion of grass, 

 a proportion which seems to be gradually increasing. I 

 have not been able to learn any further partictilars respecting 

 Capt. Sotheran, but I may remark that the Bramham Hunt 

 has always been remarkable for its hard -riding welters. 

 Several of the huntsmen have been heavy men, and in 

 recent days there have been heavy men fotmd who cotild 

 always get through a run. 



What his contemporaries thought of Mr. James Lane 

 Fo.x's establishment niay' be gathered from the following 

 extract frpm the ' Statesman,' a daily paper ol some sixteen 



