THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 105 



' broken-in coalpits near Orsthorpe. Forty minutes. Tried 

 ' Barnbow, Partington, and Becca, — blank. Found in Saw 

 ' Woods, went away to Thorner, turned to the right, left 

 ' Kiddal Lane on the left, to Potterton, Becca, Blackfen, 

 ' left Whittle Carr to the right, to Norwood Bottoms, 

 ' Ragdale, and Dog Kennel Whin. Here we had him 

 ' before us dead beat. The hounds were hallooed away to 

 'a fresh fox, and ran two rings, getting to ground in a 

 'quarry at the end of Norwood bottom. Two hours and 

 'fifteen minutes; an hour and five minutes to Dog Kennel 

 ' Whin : very good.' 



Here was hard luck indeed on two occasions, and liad 

 either of these runs ended with blood, they would have 

 been satisfactory in every respect. They only show how 

 careful men should be in hallooing. 



The dreadful accident at Newby Ferry, when Sir Charles 

 Slingsby, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Lloyd, Orvis, and the two 

 boatmen were drowned, cast a gloom over the whole of 

 Yorkshire, and the Bramham Moor were kept in the kennel 

 till February 1 2th, when they had a very good run of three 

 hours and ten minutes from Catterton Wood : — 



'February 15th. Spacey House Whin. Found the short-tailed 

 ' fox ; away towards Rudding, left the railway on the left, 

 ' across the Haggs, turned to Walton Head, Swindon 

 'Wood, pointed west, but turned below the hill, back to 

 ' Buttersike Bar and Walton Head. Forty minutes; pretty; 

 ' and lost. Found in the Cocked Hat Whin, lost in 

 ' Stockeld Park. Found in Limekiln Wood, ran into the 

 ' garden, and killed behind the house at Woodall. Another 

 ' fox viewed away fi"om Limekiln Wood ; we laid on the 

 'hounds, hunted to Linton Quarry, back to Devonshire 

 'Whin, came up to him, away to Linton Quarry, straight 

 'to Ingmanthorpe Whin, through the old wood, left Cow- 

 ' thorpe Woods on the left, Tockwith on the left, and lost 

 'near Marston village, at 5-15 p.m. Two hours and fifteen 

 'minutes' good run.' 



