THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 



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' to the Boot and Shoe, and killed him by the side of the 

 ' road between Peckfield Bar and the plantations. He had 

 ' laid down quite beat. One hour, thirty minutes. 



On the 1 2th, we read that they had a beautiful find in 

 a tree near \\^eeton, and lost their fox after a fair gallop ; 

 and on the 1 8th, when a very severe frost prevented them 

 starting' till noon, they found a very white fox in Fairy 

 Cars, and lost him. They found the same white fox again 

 at Hutton Thorns on the 30th of the month, and again 

 he beat them, and then he disappears from history. He 

 does not appear to have given any very great run, and on 

 the two occasions on which he is mentioned, it is noted that 

 there was no scent. They finished the season on April 

 iith, when they had a fair day; but on the two preceding 

 days they were out, sport was so good for the time of the 

 year that I give them in full : — 



'April 8th. Ahvoodley Crag. Fox seen crossing the road; 

 ' laid the hounds on, hunted to Wigton Knoll, through 

 ' Harewood Woods, out by the big whin ; bad scent. 

 'Came up to him again in Alwoodley Crag; hunted him 

 ' about .Scotland Wood, away nearly to Chapeltown, and 

 ' killed. Tried Moseley, Cookridge, and Black Hill, but 

 'did not find.' 



'April gth. Beckwithshaw. Found at Birk Crag; a quick scurry, 

 'ran to ground. Found again on Rigton Moor; ran very 

 ' well at the back of Pannal to Harrog^ate Clump, left the 

 ' Common on the left, crossed the Leeds and Thirsk line, 

 ' through Spacey House Whin, pointed for .Spofforth Hagg, 

 ' turned to the right over the Harrogate line, which caused 

 ' a very long check. Hit the fox off, he having been seen 

 ' to go over Rudding Park wall, came up to him at the 

 ' back of the house ; after dodging about, he went out to 

 ' the Bleaching Ground Whin, came out again, and they 

 ' caught him as he tried to jump the wall back into the 

 ' park. The first fifty-five minutes good ; altogether a good 

 ' day's sport. 



