no HISTORY OF THE BR AM HAM MOOR HUNT. 



' road to the side of the drain, came up to him, raced him 

 'back to Hessay village, and pulled him down. One hour 

 'and twenty minutes: capital run. Wanton and Cheerful 

 ' seized him.' 



This was a really good run ; and it will be remarked that 

 Mr. Fox knew which hounds killed their fox, which is more 

 than some amateur huntsmen do. It was evidently the bitch 

 pack that gave this good run. 



' December 20th. Riffa, blank. Almscliff, ditto. Found in 

 ' Swindon Wood, hunted towards Walton Head and 

 ' Herbert's Larches, lost. Tried Spacey House Whin and 

 ' Rudding Farm, blank. Went to the Cocked Hat. Found 

 ' at once, and away towards Kirkby Overblow, turned to 

 'the right to the Haggs, a long check in consequence of 

 ' a sheep-dog. Hunted very slowly towards Spofforth, 

 ' pointed for Stockeld, back to the right, and walking 

 ' slowly on the line came up to him a field from Clap 

 ' Wood. Raced him over the Haggs to Spofforth Castle, 

 ' left Follifoot on the left, crossed the Crimple, pointing for 

 ' Bramham Wood, turned him, and killed at the bottom of 

 'old Plompton Whin. Twenty-five minutes: very fast.' * 



Moroan was able to oet out again on the 2^rd of 

 December, and he was not long at work before he had one 

 of those long, hard days which were so frequent with the 

 Bramham Moor : — 



'Januarjr 3rd. Church P'enton. Found and killed in Paradise 

 ' Wood. Drew the other Ryther coverts blank. Found in 

 'Towton Spring, ran to Grimston Hill, back to the left over 

 ' the turnpike road, across Grimston Park to the river. 

 ' Through Tadcaster Willow Garths, by Shann's house to 

 ' Oglethorpe Whin, ran hard in covert for an hour and 

 'fifteen minutes, and killed at 5-15 p.m. in the dark. An 

 'hour and five minutes up to Oglethorpe; two hours and 

 'twenty minutes from find to kill.' 



* I take this to mean ' twenty-five minutes, very fast,' from Clap Wood. The 

 run from Cocked Hat Whin, with all the time spent in the check, would last 

 much lonMr. 



