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HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



seems to have hunted a good deal of what has always been 

 recognised as part of the Bramham country, but whether 

 there was special leave given for his day at Wetherby there 

 is now no means to determine. Hunt's Whin would seem 

 to have been in what is known as the York and Ainsty 

 Monday country, a good deal of which was afterwards 

 hunted by the Duke of Cleveland. It must therefore be 

 left an open question whether Colonel Thornton is entitled 

 to the distinction of being a master of the Bramham Moor ; 

 for one or two runs, and the fact that he kept hounds in 

 the country, are scarcely sufficient data to go upon, and 

 it must be remembered that the clear definition of the 

 boundaries of hunts came at a later date, and when hunting 

 began to be conducted nn more regular lines. 



