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a good day, killing their first fox, and running their second 

 to ground. With their third they had a good run, chasing 

 hiiTj hard for forty-five minutes, and then hunting more 

 slowly till dark, when they gave him up in Rougemont 

 Cam A good fox had evidently saved his life by 'effecting 

 ' a change' in Weeton bottoms. The month went out with 

 frost and snow ; but there was not sufficient of either to 

 prevent hounds having a by-day at Cross Roads, Clifford 

 Moor, on the 30th, when they had a very good day for 

 hounds, killing a brace of foxes after a lot of work. 



Frost interfered a little with sport during December, 

 but not to any great extent, and the month began with 

 what ought to have been a brilliant day, but which was a 

 very disappointing one : — 



'December ist. Micklefield. Found in the wood. Away to 

 ' the Pontefract Road; turned to Hook Moor into Parlington 

 ' Park, pointing for Aberford. Over the paddocks to the 

 ' Willow-garth and Bank ; over the brook. Hounds divided 

 ' unseen ; six and a half couples turned back, running hard 

 ' through the old wood and across the park. Not aware of 

 ' the division, I followed, and the huntsman ran our fox 

 ' past Hook Moor to Daniel Hartley's, Huddlestone Wood, 

 ' and Micklefield Wood, where we saw him beaten, but so 

 ' few hounds gave him a chance. We ran on with a fresh 

 ' fox to Wheat Wood, Coburn Hill, Ringhay, away nearly 

 ' to Led Mill, turned to the right to Bullen Wood, and got 

 ' off his line. The other lot (twelve couples) ran to Barwick 

 ' and Potterton, and never caught us. Having got our 

 ' pack, we found in Hazlewood, ran hard away to Aberford, 

 ' Becca, Barwick, Potterton, through Parlington Hollins to 

 ' ground in the earth in the deer park. Fifty minutes. 

 ' Very disappointing, as the earth ought to have been 

 ' stopped.' 



Here was a chapter of accidents such as sometimes 

 happen, and which is one of the biggest trials that come 

 in the way of master of liounds and huntsman. For it was 



