THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 



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hounds on the earth. This is not the place to go into details 

 upon the question, but Mr. Fox would have done scant 

 justice to his hounds had he not given them this fo.x, when 

 they were ' angry ' for him after such a run. 



V'ariable weather distinguished January, and sport was 

 unequal, scent being very indifferent at times. On the 6th 

 they had a pretty gallop with an afternoon tox trom 

 Parlington Hollins, marking him to ground in a drain near 

 Scarcroft after a very nice forty-five minutes. On the 8th, 

 too, they had a good old-fashioned day. They met at 

 Weeton, and ran their second fox, a stout one, though some- 

 what inclined to ring, from Riffa to Harrogate, where they 

 pulled him down behind the Granby at the end of two hours 

 and ten minutes, during which time a lot of big country had 

 been crossed. What took place on that day week must be 

 given in full : — 



'January 17th. High Harrogate. Found in a small covert 

 'called "Knox," near the Harrogate and Ripley road; 

 ' away towards High Harrogate, then turned to the left to 

 'Bilton Banks, crossed the river above the mill at Miss 

 ' Rawson's end. The horsemen were thrown out, having 

 ' to go to the railway bridge. Hounds ran over Farnham 

 ']\Iires, then past Gibbet Wood, over Hay Park, past 

 'Arkendale to Stourton Park. The huntsman found some 

 ' of the hounds that had failed to get over the park wall, 

 ' and on getting into the park, the body of the pack were 

 ' hunting through the deer. The whole pack then together 

 'rattled along over the park, and killed him near the 

 'house. Eight miles straight on the map. Came back, 

 ' found in Birkham Wood ; away at once over the river 

 ' to Goldsbro' Wood, the j\Ioor, Green Dick, Ribston 

 ' plantations, back to the j\Ioor, turned him two or three 

 'times, and changing foxes, gave it up. Hard day.' 



This was a remarkabl)- good da)-, and it is to be regretted 

 that there is not any record of the time of the first run. 



