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Moor took it as it was. They went to Westwoods, meeting 

 at 4-45 a.m., and fell in for a heavy morning's work and a 

 rattling scent. They had forty-four couples out, and these 

 orot on the line of an old fox to becjin with, and raced him at 

 a merry pace over Lindrick Hills, where they managed to get 

 them stopped. Then they had forty-five minutes with a cub, 

 and killed him ; and after a very good morning's work, they 

 got hold of another at 11-45 a.m. 



The regular season opened at Woodhall Bridge on 



Monday, November 2nd. It was a very wild morning, 



with a bright sun, so it is not to be wondered at that 



they had nothing very great in the way of sport, though 



a couple of sharp bursts, one ending with a kill, gave a 



foretaste of what might be expected on a more favourable 



day. Scent was not good during November, and, indeed, 



there were no great runs before Christmas, though in 



December there were one or two pretty gallops : — 



' December gth. Buttersike Bar. Found in the plantation 



' above Riffa, ran very fast round the wood, going down 



'the brook-side, then away to AlmscHfF, took a wide ring 



'on the moor, back, leaving Almscliff on the left, away 



' towards Beckwithshaw, again back over the moor, below 



'Almscliif to the railway, on to Buttersike Bar, Thurtle's 



' Whin, up the valley to Almscliff, and got to ground. One 



'hour and thirty minutes: a good run.' 



'December 12th. Towton. A pretty ring from Saxton Carr 

 'over Scarthingwell Park, pointing for Cole Hill, back to 

 ' the right, and lost below Barkston Ash. Found in 

 'Renshaw, ran to ground. Found in Heyton Wood, away 

 'towards Aberford, ran to ground. Found in Hazlewood, 

 ' gave him a turn in the wood, away across Becca, by 

 ' Barwick to Saw Woods, and killed at 4-55 p.m. A capital 

 ' run ; one hour.' 



January began better ; enough rain had fallen to sadden 

 the ground, and all over the country sport improved with 



