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HISTORY OF THE BRAAJHAM MOOR HUNT. 



'February i6th. Thorp Arch. Found, and after hanging a 

 ' little, went away to the station and down to the river ; 

 'ran the Ings, crossed the road to Shire Oaks, left 

 ' Catterton on the right, along Angram bottoms, nearly to 

 'Angram village; turned to the left to Fairy Cars, Nova 

 ' Scotia, left Wighill on the left, passing Hall Park 

 ' Springs, close by Walton village, back to the left to the 

 'field next Walton Wood. Here we had a long check in 

 'consequence of listening to a man. At last recovered 

 'the line, hunted slowly away, pointing for Wighill village; 

 'came up to him in a small spinney on Stephenson's 

 'farm, ran him by Duce Wood, left Healaugh Church on 

 ' the right, close to Angram, turned to the right, left 

 ' Bilbrough Whin on the left to Catterton Whin, and 

 'caught him. Three hourSj twenty minutes. A first-rate 

 ' run ; parts of it fast.' 



I have two or three accounts of this run, but preferred 

 to give Mr. Fox's ' plain unvarnished tale.' There was a 

 short check close to Angram villatje, hounds having: run 

 about eight miles straight without a check, and it should 

 be added that they got a very good start with their fox, 

 and nearly chopped him at first. After they turned to the 

 left over Fairy Cars, the fox never touched one of the 

 coverts named, and it was slow hunting all the way to 

 Walton Wood. Here a rustic informed Goodall that his 

 fox had gone on, and anxious to get on better terms with 

 him, he cast hounds round the wood, and of course failed 

 to hit off the line. He then went back to where hounds 

 had last owned it. They picked up a line. Lexicon, Flasher, 

 and Sportsman, particularly distinguishing themselves, and 

 at little more than walking pace they hunted on to Wighill 

 village. After that, the pace improved, and was as fast as 

 anyone wanted, and faster than suited many, till the end 

 came. Amongst those who had had enough was Goodall, 

 and in his absence Mr. Fox took hold of hounds himself, 



