150 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



of him, and ran him hard for three fields. Then they divided, 

 and it is Smith's opinion that they picked up the line of 

 their hunted fox again. A brilliant day's sport from Hare- 

 wood Bridge took place on December 3rd, — decidedly the 

 best that took place before Christmas. 



' December 3rd. Harewood Bridge. Found in Rougemont 

 ' Carr ; ran two slow rings over Dunkeswick hill and 

 'back, then away along the river side, turned up for RifFa, 

 ' and pulled him down a field from the wood. Two hours. 

 'Found in Swindon Wood; away into the Punch Bowl, 

 ' up the hill past Kirkby Overblow to Walton Head, hung 

 ' in covert for a time, away back for Swindon, pointed for 

 ' Harewood Bridge, turned to the right, and ran as if for 

 ' Woolah Head, hounds catching him below Netherby. 

 'One hour and twenty-five minutes. Well done!' 



Scent was onlv moderate throughout December and 

 January, but hounds hunted well, and killed a tair proportion 

 of foxes, without there being anything in the way of great 

 runs to chronicle. One thing, however, the bad scenting 

 days fairly established, and that was the perseverance of the 

 new huntsman, whose patience was much appreciated by 

 Mr. Fox, and who may be said to have made a very good 

 start in his new vocation under trying circumstances. 



They had a very hard day on January iith, when they 

 met at Bickerton Bar. They met with plenty of foxes, and 

 were running all day. Their second fox was found in 

 Ingmanthorpe Old Wood, and they ran him over the 

 Wetherby road nearly to Horn Bank, thence to Hall Parks 

 and Walton, where the fox was headed, and they changed, 

 and after slowly hunting their fresh fox to Thorp Arch, he 

 beat them by getting to ground in the main earth. They 

 found again at Lingcroft, and after running over a good 

 deal of the same ground that they had crossed in the 

 morning, they finally were stopped at Cowthorpe at dark. 



