THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 



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' Whin, a fox, like our run fox, came out of the little wood. 

 ' Ran sharp to Sicklinghall Wood, and killed an old dog fox. 

 ' Found on the wall at Stockeld, and killed an unhealthy 

 ■fox. P'ound in Limekiln Wood. Ran past Woodhall, 

 ' Woolah Head, pointed for Clap Wood, on past Kirkby to 

 ' Swindon. Here a long check ; hounds being held into 

 ' and round the wood, hit him forward. Ran nearly to 

 ' Buttersike Bar, then to the left to the bottom of Dun- 

 ' keswick hill, bearing to the right over Weeton bottoms, 

 ' crossed the railway, and killed above North Rigton. One 

 ' hour thirty minutes. Good run.' 



March was, on the whole, a stormy month, and scent 

 was only catchy. They had some good runs, but there was 

 nothing out of the common. Hounds, however, hunted 

 well, and accounted well for their foxes. Scent was also 

 considerably affected by frost and snow, though there was 

 never sufficient of either to prevent hunting. A late start 

 was, however, not infrequently entailed ; and a late start in 

 the month of March is not always conducive to sport. 

 April, however, made up tor all the shortcomings of the 

 two previous months. They hunted all the month, and had 

 some famous runs. 



The month began with a very hard day for hounds at 

 Bramham Bar. Fo.xes were numerous, and had 'got together,' 

 and they were running first one and then another all day, 

 ending by marking one to ground in Blackfen. They had 

 a rattling good day on the 5th, when they met at Led Mill, 

 and killed a brace, In spite of the hot, dry weather ; their 

 second fox being run into at Hayton Wood, after a very 

 fast thirty minutes. An hour and five minutes from Bickerton 

 Bar, two days after, ended with a kill ; and notwithstanding 

 the hot weather which prevailed, hounds continued to show 

 rare sport, and to kill their fo.xes. 



'April 17th. Buttersike Bar. Found on Rigton Moor; ran 

 ' very fast towards Riffa, turned at Bailey's Whin, ran 



