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Wood ; the nearest point to York being the Wild Man, 

 whence the Bilbrough coverts are hunted. This part of the 

 country is hunted on Fridays, the most southern part of 

 it being Tadcaster Bar, whilst Walshford Bridge and Skip 

 Bridge are the northern boundaries. The most western point 

 of the Friday country is Deighton Bar. The Friday country 

 is perhaps the best in the whole Hunt, although there are 

 some very pretty pieces of country on the Monday side, 

 of which more anon. The eastern side of this Friday 

 country is decidedly the best ; to the west are the big 

 woods and coverts of Ingmanthorpe, rare strongholds for 

 foxes, but rather too close together for the best of sport. 

 The Ingmanthorpe coverts are also not very good to get 

 away from ; there are two or three drains which it is 

 impossible to jump, and the wait for one's turn at a bridge 

 is not conducive to amiability of temper, especially when 

 hounds are running hard. So perhaps it is as well that 

 the Ingmanthorpe foxes should have acquired a habit of 

 ringing a little at first, for by so doing they enable the 

 field to ' take their places.' But it must not be supposed 

 that the Ingmanthorpe fo.xes always play at what is called 

 in the North Riding ' bosfa-le about stack.''' I have on 

 occasion seen an Ingmanthorpe fox make a good point, 

 and when one does set his head to a distant point, you 

 want to have the best hunter in your stable under you, 

 and your heart does not want to beat too loudly against 

 your waistcoat if you mean to hear Tom Smith's whoo- 

 whoop. 



The Thorp Arch Woods are also large, but foxes do 

 not hang about so much there, and they are generally 

 stout and 'enterprising.' One of the best runs I ever saw 

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

 any other pack, was from Thorp Arch Wood, an account of 



* Anglice — running round and round. 



