58 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



where he had a glass of ale and some apple pie, to both of 

 which he was very partial. After he had refreshed himself, 

 he came out, and Carter proceeded to draw. They drew 

 till about one o'clock, and then Sir Tatton, turning to 

 Mr. Fox, said, 'There are very few of your namesakes 

 'about, Mr. Fo.x,' and gave the order for home. Some one, 

 I am not sure whether it was not Mr. Reynard, of Sunder- 

 landwick, remarked to Sir Tatton that the day was still 

 young, and that as Mr. Fox had ridden a long distance to 

 see the hounds, it was a pity for him to have to go home 

 after a blank day. Sir Tatton, who was courtesy itself at 

 once took the hint, and told Carter to draw on ; and they 

 soon found, and ' had a pretty thirty-five minutes to ground 

 ' in .Sutton Wood :' that being all that Mr. Fox has to say 

 about it in his diary. 



There is no account ol the cub-hunting season of 1S51- 

 52, the first day of which an account is given being 

 November ist: — 



'North Deighton. Found, went away to Stockeld, came back 

 'to the covert (Deighton Spring). Several cubs, no scent 

 ' to force them out. At last an old fox went away, crossed 

 ' the river, through the garden at Ribston, touched upon 

 ' Goldsborough Wood, turned into the open on the Ribston 

 ' side, and they pulled him down. Thirty minutes. Found 

 ' again in the Cocked Hat Whin, hunted witli a cold scent 

 ' nearly to Spacey Houses.' 



On the twelfth of the month they had a moderate day in 

 the Gateforth country, the only incident of note being that they 

 lost a good young hound on the road home, in Anguish, b\' 

 Albion, a son of Mr. Foljambe's Albion. December was a 

 better month than November, and there was not so much 

 frost as there had been in the previous month, which was 

 a very broken one. They had a hard day on the 8th, when 

 they met at Deighton Bar, and after running their first fox 



