96 HISTORY OF THE B RAM HAM MOOR HUNT. 



' Roundhay, turned to the right, and killed at Gledhow. 

 ' Good run ; one hour and five minutes.' 



This excellent season was brought to a close on April 

 1 8th, at Bramham Park, where they had a good day's sport 

 for the time of year. It was a broiling hot morning, and 

 there was a great Leeds crowd out. They found a fox at 

 Blackfen, and ran him towards Becca, but he was headed, 

 and killed near the Lodge. Then they had a smart little 

 scurry from Westwoods, by Wetherby Grange, and over the 

 river, marking their fox to ground at Thorp Arch. 'A very 

 'good season, constant sport, and hunted foxes well, killing 

 'seventy brace,' is the master's summary of the season. 



1866-67. Next season commenced on .September 8th, 

 when they met at Bramham Park, at five o'clock in the 

 morning. It was a very backward season, and most of the 

 corn was uncut and sprouting. The very wet weather was, 

 however, favourable for scent, and a capital cub-hunting 

 season was brought to a close on October 27th, with a total 

 of fifteen brace killed. The regular season opened on 

 October 29th, at Beckwithshaw Bar, but nothing was done, 

 the day being very wild and windy. The opening week of 

 the season was, however, productive of good sport, and on 

 Friday, at the Wild Man, they had a lively day, killing two 

 brace of foxes. The first they chopped ; but the second they 

 killed in the open, after a burst of twenty-five minutes ; the 

 third they ran thirty minutes, and killed in the open ; and 

 the fourth, which they found in Walton Wood, — which, by 

 the way, was full of foxes, — was killed after forty minutes' 

 good work in covert. On the following day, they had 

 forty-five minutes from Riffa without a check, killing their 

 fox in Dog Kennel Wood,^ — a first-rate run. 



On Wednesday, November 7th, Captain Lane Fox met 

 with a serious accident which laid him up for a long time. 

 The morning was a wild one, and so terrible was the gale 



