THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. i^g 



managed to get hold of a brace. On November 2nd, they 

 had a long hard day without blood, losing their last fox, a 

 good one, near Healaugh village at dark, after a good hunt. 

 They had also a capital day on the loth, at Bardsey. In 

 the morning they killed a ringing fox, and chopped another 

 in covert, and then they found in Wike Whin. At first it 

 was rather slow hunting, but after the fox had tried some 

 quarry-holes over the Harewood and Wetherby road, they 

 got on better terms with him, and rattled him along by 

 Wike and Harewood Park, pointing for Wigton Moor, then 

 back into Wike Wood, where some time was spent ; but at 

 last they got away again, and ran past Wike Whin, 

 School House Whin, and Bardsey, and over the Leeds and 

 Wetherby road up to Spring Wood. Then happened an 

 awkward thing for hounds. They had just hit off the line 

 after a check, and would no doubt soon have got up to their 

 fox, when a fresh fox jumped up in view in a turnip-field. 

 Him they ran hard, and would doubtless have killed, had 

 he not saved his brush by going to ground in a quarry- 

 hole. Smith's first really good run took place on the 23rd. 

 'November 23rd. Tadcaster Bar. Tried Bilbrough Whin and 

 ' Catterton, blank. Found in .Shire Oaks ; and with bad 

 ' scent hunted rings, and ran to ground in a drain. Found 

 ' in Duce Wood ; went away fast over Healaugh Gravel 

 ' Pits and Fairy Cars to the hill above Marston, near the 

 'York road; turned to the right, ran over Walton's farm, 

 ' leaving Healaugh village to the right, past Shire Oaks, 

 ' pointing for Tadcaster, left it on the right, crossed the 

 ' York road at Bow Bridge, headed for Oxton village ; 

 ' bearing to the left skirted Steeton Whin, left Colton 

 'Lodge on the right, and killed him two fields from Colton 

 ' Hall. A good run ; one hour and twenty-five minutes.' 



In this run a curious circumstance took place. After 

 they turned back to the right at Marston Hill, a fresh fox 

 jumped up out of a hedgerow, and hounds caught a view 



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