THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 109 



' roads on the right, to Headley Hall. Left Jackdaw Crag 

 ' on the left, and came to a check near the spinney on the 

 ' side of the Cock, opposite Renshaw. One hour, thirty -five 

 ' minutes ; very good pace. Hit him off at last, and hunted 

 'to Castle Hill, turned to the right, and marked a line 

 ' pointing for Lotherton, but he had beat us. Got on a fox 

 ' at Heyton Wood, and hunted away to Aberford ; back 

 ' again, away towards Renshaw, and on pointing for Jack- 

 ' daw Crag gave it up. A very hard day.' 



'November 2gth. Kirkby Overblow. Frosty. Got on the line 

 ' of a disturbed fox near Spacey House Whin, marked him 

 'into Rudding Park. Found on Spofforth Haggs, ran him 

 ' a smart burst to Rudding, across the park, nearly to 

 ' Bathing House Whin, turned up towards Spacey House 

 ' Whin, and caught him before he reached it. Twenty-eight 

 ' minutes. Found in the Cocked Hat Whin ; scent very bad.' 



' Hunted my own hounds (Morgan laid upi fourteen days ; killed 

 ' seventeen foxes, and had capital sport.' 



The frost came in earnest now, and they were not out 

 again till December 6th, when Morgan made his reappearance 

 in the saddle ; but at the end of a week he was obliged to 

 lay up again, and Mr. Fox again carried the horn. And 

 some rare sport he had, as the following two extracts from 

 the diary show : — 



'December 17th. Wighill Park. Found and killed in Nova 

 ' .Scotia. Went away with another towards Clay Field 

 'earths, back to the left, and lost near Marston Whin. 

 'Found in the whin, away, leaving jMarston on the left, 

 'pointing for Angram, turned to Hutton, and lost. Found 

 ' in Hutton Thorns, ran a few fields and back, and killed. 

 ' Another fox in the covert, got away with liiin, going very 

 'fast, pointing for Swann's Whin. Turned to the left, 

 'leaving Grange Wood and Knapton Whin on the left, 

 'came to a long check near Poppleton, hunted on to the 

 ' railroad, back nearly to Grange Wood, pointing for 

 ' Hessay, turned to the right over the railroad and York 

 



