THE RULE OF Mr. GEORGE LANE FOX. 



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' Wilstrop Wood ; away past Marston station, left Hessay 

 'on the right, nearly to Harevvood's Whin, then towards 

 'Poppleton, turning- to the right towards Red House 

 ' Wood, brought him back fast towards Poppleton, turned 

 'him, and running hard, he crossed the riv^er, and ran to 

 ' ground in view. A severe run ; an hour and twenty 

 'minutes.' 



.Smith speaks of the going as being very deep, and 

 thuiks there is no doubt that hounds changed foxes in some 

 ot the small coverts near Poppleton. 



' January 4th. Deighton Bar. Found in middle of field opposite 

 ' Swinnow Wood. Away past Champagne Gorse to Ing- 

 ' manthorpe, turned to the left past Swinnow to ^\'etherby 

 ' town end, then to the right straight to Deighton Spring, 

 ' through it to the Crimple, along the side, and killed by 

 ' the farmyard just over the Boroughbridge road. Fifty 

 ' minutes ; good run. Found in Champagne Gorse, ran 

 ' towards Bickerton Bar, turned to Hall Park Springs, past 

 ' Walton to Horn Bank, to the right away down to Swinnow. 

 ' Gave it up, fog becoming too thick. Fifty-five minutes ; 

 ' good.' 



'January iith. Bickerton Bar. Found in Wilstrop Wood. 

 ' Away at a good pace to Hutton Thorns, gave him a turn 

 ' in covert ; away, past Rufforth, pointing towards Angram 

 ' and back, and killed near Rufforth village. Found a fox 

 ' in a hedgerow near Hutton Hall, and leaving Marston on 

 ' the left hunted over JMarston Hill, past Clay Field earths ; 

 ' back, leaving Hutton Hall on the left, past the Thorns, 

 ' ran hard past Marston station pointing for Red House, 

 ' turned to the left and ran hard to Skip Bridge Whin, 

 ' where our fox got to ground. A good run ; an hour and 

 ' twenty-five minutes. A fox jumped up in a field next 

 ' Marston Whin, but scent failed.' 



' February 2gth. Thorp Arch. Found on railway bank. Hunted 

 ' slowly to Hatfield's planting, got up to him, ran to Old 

 'Wood and Ingmanthorpe Willow Garth. Several foxes. 



