68 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



'Wighill Park. Found in Marston Whin; ran a smart burst 

 ' to ground. Found again at Hutton Thorns, went away 

 'for Askham, turned for Grange Wood, pointed for York, 

 ' bearing again to the left, crossed the Ouse opposite 

 ' Fairfield, and the Foss at Huntington, and killed at Mr. 

 'Lloyd's house at Stockton.* One hour and forty -five 

 ' minutes ; eleven and a half miles straight, seventeen the 

 ' way hounds went. The fastest and best run that could 

 ' be seen in this country. Horses : The Courtier, Workman ; 

 ' the former carrying me through the run. C. Fox f rode 

 ' Fusilier, and he died.' 



They ran through the York and Ainsty and Lord 

 Middleton's countries ; and I am inclined to wonder if this 

 was the gallant fox that walked away from them on the 

 26th of January in the same year. F"or a man of Mr. Fox's 

 weight to get through such a run on one horse (and anyone 

 who knows the country does not require telling that there 

 was never a chance of a change, nor even of a nick) is 

 wonderful indeed, and shows him to have been a consummate 

 horseman, as indeed he was. And what a good horse the 

 Courtier must have been, for we find him out in his turn 

 again on the following F'riday ! 



There was good sport through January and February, 

 and in March they found a good fox, which again led them 

 into the York and Ainsty country. 



'March loth. Harrogate. Found at Birk Crag, hunted up the 

 ' Haver ah Park coverts to Boar Holes, turned to the right, 

 ' ran very fast to Rennie Crag, on to Svvarcliffe, crossed the 

 ' river, hunted into the corner of the wood at Ripley Castle, 

 ' turned out to the left, leaving Thornton on the right, and 

 ' ran to ground with the fox almost in their mouths at 

 ' Sawley. Two hours and fifteen minutes; a splendid run.' 



* Mr. Lloyd, who was master of the York and Ainsty, came running- out of 

 the house, exclaiming ' Whose hounds are these ? Whose hounds are these ? 

 ' They are not mine ; where have they come from ? ' 



t C. Fo.x was a cousin, a light weight, and a good horseman. 



