74 HISTORY OF THE B RAM HAM MOOR HUNT. 



' ran a smart scurry, lost. Found at Collier Hagg, ran 

 'towards Angram, turned over Marston Hill, back by the 

 'village, left Hutton Thorns on the right, pointed for 

 ' Calvert's Whin, turned to the left to Red House Wood, to 

 ' ground. A very good forty minutes.' 



The distinguished visitors were Mr. 'Jack' Thompson 

 and Capt. Percy Williams. The season ended on April 9th, 

 when they had an uneventful day from the Boot and Shoe. 



1859-60. The season commenced auspiciously at Bram- 

 ham Park on August 29th, when, notwithstanding that the 

 morning was hot and dry, the young hounds got blood. 

 Rain fell shortly afterwards, and an exceptionally good cub- 

 hunting season took place, something like fifteen or sixteen 

 brace of foxes being killed. On October 29th a circumstance 

 occurred w'hich might have been attended with serious con- 

 sequences. Hounds met at Spacey Houses, and had not a 

 very great day's sport, but they killed a brace of cubs. 

 ' Somewhere, ' says Mr. Fox, 'the hounds picked up poison; 

 ' three couples began to reel about and tumble over. Old 

 ' Bantling nearly died. Two couples more were taken ill on 

 ' the way home. Treadwell got them home in a cart. They 

 'all recovered after medicine.' There is no more mention of 

 the mischance, nor is it accounted for in any way. 



On December 3rd they had a clipper. 



' Stutton Mill. Found in Tadcaster Willow-bed, a bad fox, 

 ' ringing about Grimston Park. At last he went away, 

 ' and we killed near Tolston. Laid the hounds on to 

 ' another seen going towards the Willow Garth, hunted him 

 * away to Renshaw and back, and lost. Got on to another 

 ' in Grimston Hills, went away down the park, came up to 

 ' him in the fields near the Ulleskelf .Station. Ran him 

 ' hard into the park, hunted him away to Jackdaw Crag, 

 ' Hazlewood, and Hayton Wood. Here we changed, and 

 ' ran a fresh fox hard by Becca and Potterton, and Tread- 

 ' well stopped them with difficulty in the dark near .Scholes. 

 ' Riot and Dorothy would not be stopped.' 



