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then did no good. The season was brought to a close on 

 Saturday, April 13th, at Dobb Park, when they had a fairly 

 satisfactory clay : — 



'A fox viewed away from Bolton Crag, did nothing with him. 

 ' Second fox found on the Rigton Moor ; ran very sharp 

 'towards Birk Crag, turned to the right by Little Almscliff 

 ' into Lindley Wood, ran him to ground, bolted and killed.' 



1850-51. A very early start was made this season, for 

 on Saturday, Aug. loth, at Parlington, 'by particular desire,' 

 they killed a cub. They were not out again till Sept. 2nd, 

 when they again met at Parlington, and ' found a good lot 

 of cubs, and killed one.' Nov. 1st found them at Deighton 

 P)ar, where a moderate day was redeemed by a good gallop 

 with an afternoon fox. The account given, however, is of 

 the briefest : — 



'Found at the back of the house at Ingmanthorpe, lost. Found 

 * another at Cowthorpe, lost. Found at Wilstrop Wood, 

 ' went away to within two fields of Red House Wood, 

 'turned to the left, and killed him. Forty-five minutes.' 



On November 23rd, Sir Richard Sutton, then master of 

 the Ouorn, came out to have a look of the Bramham ; but 

 as is usual when anyone pays a visit to a pack of hounds 

 at a distance, there was nothing done worthy of record, and 

 the ominous words, 'no scent,' close the account of the 

 day's proceedings. It is wcorth recording that the meet was 

 at Monk Fryston, and that there were plenty of foxes in 

 Milford Woods, Bishop W'oods, and at Byram. There was 

 a lot of frost in December, but on the 28th they had a 

 typical Bramham Moor run : — 



'December 28th. Scarthingwell Park. Found in Patefield, 

 ' ringing about, no scent. Second fox in Renshaw ; ran 

 ' twice up and down the wood, hunted the fox down the 

 ' lane, through the back of IMr. Kendall'.s, Towton Spring, 



