THE RULE (9/ Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. i6t 



' November 29th. Peckfield Bar. Found in the Boot and Shoe 

 ' plantation ; ran to Newfield, and lost. Found in Huddle- 

 ' stone Wood, and killed. Found another, and hunted 

 'away to the quarry and back, then away to Castle Hill, 

 ' over Ledsham Park, past Ledsham village, to Newfield ; 

 'back again to Huddlestone Wood and Quarry, chased him 

 'to the wood, and killed. Good hunting. Two hours.' 



Then came the frost ni earnest, as it had done in the 

 previous season, and hounds were only out nine times in 

 December, and of these five were stolen days ; and on some 

 of them they had to go home early, as it was impossible to 

 hunt. Here is a typical hunting day of December, 1879: — 



' December 30th. Wike. Found in Wigton Moor. Hunted 

 ' towards Harewood. Found in the CarrWood, after drawing 

 ' all round the park. Hunted a .short time in snow ; lost. 

 ' Found in Wike Whin. Ran rather well in snow, pointing 

 ' for Keswick, up to the Hollins Hall, Wike village, and to 

 ' ground near .Scarcroft. Snowing fast.' 



The new year opened with a brighter prospect, and sport 

 was good in the opening days of 1880. On January and 

 they killed a brace of foxes, the second one after a capital 

 hunting run of three hours from Champagne Gorse to 

 Hutton Hall. They had another fair day from Parlington 

 on the 6th, killing a brace of foxes ; and on the 9th they 

 killed a brace in the Tockwith country after plenty of hard 

 running, though Ijoth foxes ' zig-zagged ' a good deal. Then 

 came a hard day : — • 



'January loth. Paper Mill. Found at Smaws. Ran to the 

 ' river, and through Tadcaster, down the Ings to Grimston, 

 ' and killed in the park. Found, and killed another in the 

 ' park. Found in Renshaw ; away to Patefield and Saxton 

 ' Carr, towards the village, turned to Castle Hill and Bullen 

 ' Wood, back to Castle Hill, Renshaw, and to ground 

 ' above the Cock Bridge.' 



