98 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT 



'December 2gth. Harewood Bridge. Found in Rougemont 

 'Carr; a\\ay towards Swindon, turned over the hill and 

 ' down into Weeton bottoms, and caught him. Seventeen 

 ' minutes. Found in Swindon Wood ; ran ten minutes in 

 ' covert, then away, leaving Kirkby Overblow on the right 

 'to Herbert's Larches, down into the Haggs, pointing for 

 ' Spofforth, crossed the Spofforth road and railroad, left 

 ' Follifoot on the left, crossed the Crimple, left Braham 

 'Wood on the right, and ran straight to the Nidd, crossing 

 'and running to ground on the opposite bank of the river. 

 ' One hour and five minutes out of covert : a famous run.' 



What a bold fox this must have been to have crossed the 

 Nidd after such a dressing as he had got ! 



After Christinas, or to be more correct, after the new year 

 set in, eood runs were few and far between. Here is one, 

 however, which is worth recording : — 



'March i6th. Bardsey. Found in Hetchell, went away to 

 ' Scarcroft, left Thorner on the left, Mr. Skelton's house on 

 'the left, to the coverts behind Scarcroft; here a long 

 'check. Hit him off towards Merrick, hunted him nearly 

 ' to Barwick, turned to the left to Saw Wood, straight 

 ' through the wood, left Thorner on the left to Hetchell, 

 ' Rigton, left Bardsey on the left, through Scarcroft 

 ' plantations, by Eltofts, and ran into a drain in the bottom 

 'close to Thorner; bolted and killed. A capital run; two 

 ' hours, fifty minutes.' 



The last day of the season took place on April 15th at 

 Parlington, where they found plenty of foxes, but there was 

 no scent ; and they did not kill, though they hunted up to 

 seven o'clock. It was a good season up to Christmas ; after 

 that, there was not much sport. Sixty-three brace of foxes 

 were killed. 



There was a good deal of frost early in the year, and in 

 relation to the frost an amusing incident took pUtce. Captain 

 Fairfax, afterwards the master of the York and Ainsty, had 



