1 1 2 HISTOR y OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



' frosty ; March, rough and dry ; April, very dry. Hounds 

 'hunted iii days, and killed 117 foxes.' 



1870-71. Hot and dry weather characterised the first 

 weeks of the next cub-hunting season ; but, nevertheless, 

 hounds got hold of a fair lot of cubs. A start was made on 

 August 31st, and it was not till the first week in October 

 that rain fell in any quantity to soften the ground. 



' October 8th. Walton Wood. At la.st, after an extraordinary 

 ' dry and hot time, a heavy rain. Found, and ran for fifty- 

 ' six minutes hard, and killed. Found in Hall Park Springs. 

 'After running hard for thirty minutes, left the covert, and 

 'ran into a short drain ; got him out at once. Then got on 

 ' another fox in the wood, and after an hour and ten minutes' 

 'good work, killed. A first-rate morning's work.' 



The first advertised day was Monday, October 31st, 

 when they met at Riffa, and had a fair day's sport, finding 

 plenty of foxes. They ran their first fox from Riffa, marking" 

 him to ground under the road near the railway at the far 

 side of Rigton village, and afterwards they killed a leash of 

 cubs, one in Riffa, anci the other brace at Swindon Wood. 

 On November 25th occurred one of those curious incidents 

 which only take place now and then : — 



'November 25th. Tockwith. Found in Wilstrop Wood, away 

 'towards Marston, bearing to the left, pointed for Marston 

 'station, the country very wet. Marston drain a bumper, 

 ' pounded the field. On galloping round, they thought the 

 'hounds had turned back to the right when they had 

 ' turned to the left, and gone to Skip Bridge, back to 

 'Wilstrop, Marston village, and Marston Whin. A curious 

 'scene, — a large field, all lost. Having collected together 

 ' again, drew Hutton Thorns blank. Found in Marston 

 ' Whin, went away to Bilton, turned to the left, pointed for 

 'Askham, hunted into the gardens at Hutton Hall, and 

 'killed. Another fox went away from the gardens. We 

 ' hunted him by Hutton Thorns, nearly to Wilstrop, and 

 ' gave it up.' 



