THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 



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' drain under the turnpike road near to Ann Bucl^le's. 

 ' Reckless got in, and was fast under the road. We were 

 ' two hours getting her out. She was nearly drowned, but 

 ' came round. We also got the fox. Twenty-five minutes 

 ' to the check ; very fast.' 



The next day was very stormy, but they had a good 

 day's sport from the Cock Bridge, for all that ; and then 

 came frost and snow, which put a stop to hunting till 

 March 2nd. March was not a particularly good month. 

 The weather was boisterous and stormy, and nothing took 

 place which requires special mention. In April, however, 

 there were some good runs, two of which I give : — 



'April yth. North Deighton. Found in Deighton Spring; 

 ' away to Ribston Moor, left Smiler's Gorse on the left, 

 'Kirk Deighton on the right, pointed for Stockeld ; turned 

 'to the right, left Deighton Spring on the right, skirted 

 ' Braham Wood, checked near Birkham Wood. Very fast; 

 'forty minutes. Ran on over the river to Goldsbrough 

 'Wood and Moor, through Flaxby, away over Hay Park, 

 ' back to the left to Goldsbrough Wood and Moor, and 

 ' lost. Very hard run ; the day hot, the ground deep. 

 ' The huntsman's horse, Black Binns, died on the road 

 'home. He had been lame, and was short of work. 

 ' Heart found to be diseased.' 



'April nth. Deighton Bar. Found in Ingmanthorpe Whin; 

 ' ran to ground near Wetherby, near the railway cutting. 

 ' Found in Lingcroft, ran to Goose Moor, Geldart's planta- 

 'tion. Old Wood, Willow Garth, Cowthorpe Wood, left 

 ' Tockwith on the left, and lost in consequence of a sheep- 

 'dog having turned him at Bilton lane. Forty minutes. 

 ' Found in Walton Wood ; away towards Wighill Church, 

 'down to the river side, up to St. Helen's Ford, pointed 

 ' for Walton village, turned to the right, and ran to ground 

 ' outside Walton Wood ; very pretty. Got up to a fox in 

 'Ingmanthorpe Willow-garth; away to the Old Wood, 

 ' Sandbeck Wood, .Svvinnow, past the Boggart House, got 



