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1 80 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



the country was deep. Snow again bothered them towards 

 the end of the month, and when it broke up the country 

 was very much flooded ; so much so, indeed, that when they 

 went to hunt at Clap Gate on the 29th, they could not cross 

 the Wharfe at Woodhall Bridge. A hard frost set in on 

 the 31st, but was speedily gone, and February fully vindi- 

 cated its title as being the Foxhunter's month, for though 

 weather was wild and wet, there was an abundance of 

 good runs. 



'February 12th. Harewood village. Trotted on to Rougemont 

 ' Carr. Wet and wild. Found the fox going over Dunkes- 

 ' wick Hill, and no scent at all. Found in Swindon Wood; 

 ' away into the Punch Bowl, up the hill to Walton Head, 

 ' past Spacey Houses, Thurtle's Whin, up Beckwithshaw 

 'bottoms, bearing to the left to Almscliff, down the hill, 

 ' and turning to the right ran on to Baily's Whin ; left 

 ' Riffa on the left, past Stainburn, headed for Lindley 

 ' Moor, and making a large sweep to the right, came back 

 'to Almscliff, past the rock nearly to Baily's Whin again, 

 'viewed him in the bottom, ran back to Almscliff Whin, 

 ' and to the rock, where he got in. One hour and fifty 

 ' minutes ; good run.' 



This was a good day's sport, the first hour having been 

 run at a very good pace. Good sport continued to the end 

 of the month, and after a fortnight or thereabouts of frost 

 and snow in the early part of March, hounds were again 

 at work, and had one or two very good days. Frost, 

 however, bothered them sadly all through the month, and 

 they frequently had to 'steal' a day, and as is often the case 

 under circumstances like these, they met with bad-scenting 

 days and indifferent sport. At the end of the month they 

 had a good day, particulars of which I give : — 



' March 30th. Wighill village. A fox viewed outside Shire 

 ' Oaks ; could not run a yard. Found in Collier Hagg ; 

 ' no scent. A fox jumped up in a field as we went to 



