THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 93 



'Found in Duce Wood; ran over Fairy Cars, turned to 

 ' the left to Bilton, Nova Scotia, away again across Fairy 

 ' Cars down to Hutton, left it on the left, and hunted 

 ' to Wilstrop ; came up to our fox, and gave him a turn 

 ' round the wood, then away by the Rasli up to Marston 

 'village, crossed the Wetherby road and back, pulling him 

 'down in the middle of a field next to Marston Whin. 

 'Two hours and fourteen minutes: good run.' 



On January 29th there was one of those instances of 

 the difticLihy which exists in forecasting sport. They met 

 at Riffa ; the wind blowing a gale. They found at once, 

 and raced their fox for twenty -five minutes up wind to 

 Lindley Wood ; here they turned down wind, and hunted back 

 for a couple of miles, running their fox into a drain, into 

 which he was followed by a hound, who bolted him, and 

 he was killed. Mr. Fox calls this a brilliant run. 



Good sport continued through January and February, and 

 scarcely ever do the ominous words ' bad scenting ' appear. 

 Even when March came in, the good sport continued, and 

 up to the end of the season good run followed good run. 

 Indeed, to do justice to this season, I ought almost to give 

 a history of every day, for the moderate days are very 

 rare indeed. 



' February 8th. Wetherby Grange. Found in the wood ; wild 

 ' and windy ; fox headed, &c. Found in Ray Wood ; away 

 ' on the river side, left Chestnut Grove on the right, 

 ' crossed Clifford Moor to Westwoods, turned away to 

 ' Compton, back to Wetherby Grange ; crossed the river 

 ' below the Flint ]\Iill, hounds racing the fox on the side 

 ' of the river to Thorp Arch. He went into the river, 

 ' swam down the middle of the stream, and, unfortunately, 

 'a hound (Riot) seeing him land, seized him; Ned Johnson 

 ' tried to get hold of him, but he got away ; two hounds 

 ' caught him in the water, and he sank. Good run ; an 

 ' hour and twenty minutes.' 



