44 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



the very best hounds, and that ten couples had never been 

 hunted at all. Well mip;ht the best hounds work rather light. 



Wednesday, November 24th, 1842, was a sad day in the 

 annals of the Hunt. On that day hounds met at the Cross 

 Roads, Clifford Moor, and had a long, hard da\ , running to 

 ground at Grimston Hill. They dug their fox out, and set 

 off for home late in the afternoon. After some talk with 

 Bamford, Lord Hare wood trotted on in front of hounds, and 

 when they got to Bramham village they found him leaning 

 against a gate, dead. Lord Harewood was a keen sportsnian, 

 like most memliers ot his family, and he came forward at a 

 very opportune moment to carry on the hounds. He was 

 not a scientific hound-breeder, indeed for that part of the 

 business he cared little, but he was very painstaking in 

 hunting the country thoroughly, and no day was too long 

 for him, whilst he would always dig for a fo.x if he thought 

 hounds deserved him, and under these circumstances he 

 stayed to the end. 



Lord Harewood was succeeded by his son as master, 

 and in the beginning of the next season Treadwell carried 

 the horn. 



One run which took place about his time I am able to 

 give, though I cannot name the exact date of it. 1 hey met 

 at Beilby Grange, and found in Dog Kennel Whin ; and 

 after running by Peckfield and Scarthingwell, they lost in 

 the dark at Nun Appleton. It was a severe run over a big 

 country, and a lot of horses gave out; but Mr. George E. 

 Lascelles, of Sion Hill, got to the end on the kennel-pony, 

 and declining all the offers of hospitality at Chestnut Grove, 

 he rode on home, where, with huntsman and hounds, he 

 arrived late at night ; as may well be imagined, when it is 

 taken into consideration that it was quite dark when they 

 stopped hounds at Nun Appleton. 



In 1842 Nimrod wrote, 'I much regret I am unable to 



