104 niSTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



the new year. The Bramham had a good day on the 6th, 

 perhaps the best day they had had up to that tune. 



'January 6th. Bramham Park. Found in the gardens, went 

 ' away to Westwoods, back to Lindrick Hills, &c., gave 

 ' him up, and went to Saw Woods. Found, came away to 

 ' Blackfen and Becca Moor, changed foxes, went away 

 'towards Hazlewood, turned to the left, went by Headley 

 'Hall to Jackdaw Crag, nearly to Renshaw. Back by 

 ' Headley Hall to Becca and Blackfen, into the gardens, 

 ' round the gardens, away by the cascades, and killed in 

 'the bottom at Lamb Garth. Three hours' good hunting.' 



The runs on the i8th are worth noticing, not for any 

 merit that they possess, but because they show how curiously 

 foxes are sometimes affected by foggy weather : — 



'January i8th. Peckfield Bar. Thick fog. Went to Kippax, 

 'and waited till 1 1-30, then moved off to Micklefield Woods. 

 ' Found in Daniel Hartley's, hunted a large ring, and killed 

 ' in Ringhay. One hour and five minutes. Found in Payne 

 ' Hall Wood, and ran to ground. Went away with another 

 ' fox towards Aberford, left Parlington on the left, Becca 

 ' Mill on the right, by Potterton, and killed by the side of 

 ' the Leeds road before reaching Blackfen. Very slow 

 ' hunting, and curious how the foxes tired.' 



'January 23rd. Bardsey. Found in School House Whin, ran 

 'to ground in a quarry near Keswick Ox Close. Twenty 

 ' minutes. Found in Bardsey Bank, ran two rings, snow 

 ' falling ; then away to Langwith, back by Jerrison's Wood 

 ' to Westwoods. Hunted up and down the wood several 

 'times, then at last got away with a tired fox, and just as 

 ' we were getting up to him near Chestnut Grove a fresh 

 'fox jumped up, and away they went back to Westwoods: 

 ' very unlucky. They were four hours and fifty minutes 

 ' running.' 



'January 30th. Hook Moor. Found at Stourton Grove, ran, 

 ' leaving Parlington on the right, to ground in some 



