THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. m 



' January 7th. Bickerton Bar. Found in Marston Whin, ran 

 ' a sharp burst to ground in Clayfield earths. Found in 

 ' Wilstrop several foxes ; after ringing for ten minutes, got 

 ' away and hunted towards Hutton Thorns, getting on good 

 'terms before reaching the covert. Running by Marston, 

 'pointing for Angram, turned to the right by Clayfield 

 ' earths to the Loft, nearly to Hall Park Springs, back in 

 'front of the house at Wighill, by the corner of the Loft. 

 'I think we changed our fox, and ran one by Duce 

 ' Wood to Bilbrough to ground. One hour, fifty minutes : 

 ' capital run.' 



'January igth. Deighton Bar. Found in Smiler's Gorse, came 

 'away at once, pointing for Kirk Deighton, hunted slowly 

 ' through CJeldart's plantation to Ingmanthorpe, turned to 

 ' Wetherby town. Here we had two foxes ; got close to 

 'one, and ran on fast to Champagne Gorse, through without 

 ' stopping, left Hall Park Springs on the left, skirting the 

 ' corner of Walton Wood, leaving it to the left^ on to 

 ' Wighill Ings, left Shireoaks on the left to Oxton, and a 

 ' field from Pallethorpe viewed our fox. Ran back through 

 ' Oxton, and lost in a severe snowstorm near Shireoaks. 

 'A capital run: two hours.' 



They were not much bothered with frost after this, 

 and the game went merrily on, one good run following 

 another, and scarcely a week passing by without some- 

 thing good taking place. LInder the entry for March 5th 

 we find the characteristic remark : ' Found, and killed two 

 'tame foxes in Stockeld Park'; but as a rule foxes were 

 'enterprising,' and the words 'a capital fox' are of frequent 

 occurrence. A famous season for sport was brought to a 

 close on April 20th, the fixture being, as usual, Bramham 

 Park. It was a broiling hot day, but hounds had fair sport, 

 killing one fox, and running a brace to ground. Mr. Fox 

 sums up the season in the following words : — 



' This has been an excellent season. November, December, and 

 'January, particularly good sport; Februarv, rough and 



