176 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



at the North Lodge, Bramham Park. They found in 

 Wetherby Grange Wood at least four or five toxes, with 

 one of which they went away to Westwoods. Here there 

 were several foxes, and they probably changed. At any rate, 

 they ran to Lindrick Hill and into the gardens, where they 

 marked a fox to ground. Rut there was another fox there, 

 and him they ran through Blackfen, and leaving the Cross 

 Roads, Bramham Moor, to the left, through Becca and 

 Potterton, finally lost him pointing for Parlington. Smith 

 then held them on into Becca, where they soon got up to 

 a fox, and after giving him a good dusting in covert, they 

 rolled him over. A more satisfactory ' last day ' could scarcely 

 have been wished for. They had plenty of running, finished 

 the day with blood, and left a grand show of foxes for 

 another season. They hunted one hundred and seventeen 

 days, killed fifty-one brace of foxes, ran thirty-one and a half 

 brace to ground, and were only stopped hunting five days, 

 three of which stoppages were due to frost and the remainder 

 to fog. 



1882-83. It was scarcely to be expected that such an 

 open season would be followed by one as open, and indeed 

 weather difficulties commenced with the opening day's 

 cubbing, which took place at Byram Park on September 7th, 

 when they had to wait from half-past five till eight o'clock 

 for the fog to clear. When it did clear they had a good 

 morning, finding a good show of cubs, and killing a brace. 

 The cub-hunting season was a very good one, foxes being 

 plentiful and hounds working well and accounting for them 

 handsomely. About the middle of October they had some 

 very good sport. On the 13th they met at Woodhall Bridge, 

 and after running a leash to ground they went on to Deighton 

 Spring, where they found a strong litter of cubs, and after 

 a lot of work in covert they got away with one of them, and 

 after a nice forty-five minutes in the open, they rolled him 

 over beside the Old Mound near Kirk Deighton. 



