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HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



' down to Weeton station, over the railway, turned to the 

 'right under the viaduct, came to slow hunting; passed 

 ' RiiFa to Stainburn, Lindley Moor, back to the right to 

 ' Almscliff, Bailey's Whin, Weeton station ; changed our 

 ' fox, ran on past Rougemont Carr to Dunkeswick, back to 

 ' Rigton village, got up to a run fox in Riffa, and ran 

 ' sharp to ground at Almscliff. Hard day, and good run ; 

 ' at work nearly three hours.' 



'April 27th. North Rigton. Found on the moor; ran to 

 'Almscliff, and came to a check at Rigton village, hunted 

 ' towards Thurtle's Whin, and slowly back to the moor. 

 ' The fox jumped up in the heather in front of hounds, 

 ' and they chased him very fast to INIoor Park, turning to 

 ' the right before they reached the wall, down Beckvvithshaw 

 ' bottoms to Dickinson's Wood ; a severe burst of twenty- 

 ' five minutes. Cattle brought them to a check, and they 

 ' hunted on, leaving Pannal to the right, up to Harlow 

 'Carr, which the fox did not enter, but turned to the right 

 'pointing for Harrogate, but bending to the right, hounds 

 ' hunting him well to the mill at Pannal ; here we lost 

 'his line, but hit him off in the plantation next to 

 ' Thurtle's Whin ; came up to him and killed. Two hours 

 ' and fifty minutes' good work.' 



Well mii^'ht Mr. Fox say it was 'good work'; and few 

 such brilliant runs have been seen late in the season. The 

 last day of the season was Saturday, the 29th, when they 

 met at Bramham Park, and had a fair day's sport to wind 

 up with, killing one fox and running a brace to ground. 

 The season was a good one on the whole. Up to February 

 sport was above the average, and in April it was exceptional, 

 the latter month being a very wet one, and wet ground 

 favours sport in the Bramham Moor country. They hunted 

 one hundred and twenty-nine days, killed sixty-three brace 

 of foxes, and ran thirty-nine brace to ground. 



1876-77. Hazlewood, on September 4th, saw the opening 

 of the next season. It was by no means a nice morning to 



