THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. gj 



1865-66. There is not much record of Goodall's first 

 day's hunting in his new country, but it seems to have been 

 a satisfactory one. They met at Blackfen at five a.m., 

 'found cubs, and Icilled a brace after work.' On the 8th, 

 they had a 'screaming scent,' and when there is a really 

 good scent in September, hounds run as they never do till 

 the season gets well advanced, especially in the woodlands. 

 The morning was a very hot one, and as they met at 

 Stockeld Park, they did not throw off till six o'clock. 

 'They ran hard for thirty-five minutes, and killed. Again 

 'in Devonshire Whin, twenty - five minutes, and killed.' 

 Twice does Mr. Fox allude to the good scent, which indeed 

 seems to have been exceptional.* They had another good 

 morning on September 22nd, when Mr. Fox remarks that 

 scent was not bad. They were at Harewood, where they 

 found a capital show of foxes, and after a very hard morning, 

 in which hounds seem to have given every satisfaction, they 

 killed a leash. The cub-hunting was very successful, and 

 the early days of November produced good sport. The 

 first advertised day is not specially mentioned, but it would 

 probably be Monday, October 30th, when they met at 

 Alwoodley Gates, and had an uneventful day's sport. 

 The first run out of the common took place about a 

 fortnight later : — ■ 



'November 15th. Boot and Shoe. Found at the wood below 

 ' Paver's house ; lost him after a ring. Found in Fairburn 

 ' Willow Bed ; went away to Brotherton Willow Beds ; 

 ' two or three foxes, came away with one over the road, 

 ' pointed for Buttress Hill, passed Lumley, nearly to 

 ' Mr. Paver's, by Ledsham, pointed for Fairburn ; again 

 'went to the left, and killed at Buttress Hill. Capital 

 ' hunting run ; two hours and four minutes.' 



* Speaking of a good scent in Septembei', I once saw hounds get away with 

 a good old fox in a moorland country, and they gave him such a dusting up 

 before they killed him that horses had had more than enough. Moreover, they 

 had not such another good run till well into November. 



