1 88 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



' ringing fox, no scent. Found in Rougemont Carr. Ran 

 ' ring, no scent. Found in .Swindon Wood. Away at once, 

 ' the fox being viewed as we left the wood ; crossed tlie 

 ' Punch Bowl, left Kirkby on the left nearly to Parliin's 

 ' Wood, turned to Walton Head, left Swindon on the left, 

 ' up Dunkeswicli Hill, over Weeton bottoms, past the station 

 ' nearly to Almscliff, left it on the right, passed Baily's 

 ' Whin, left Riffa on the left, and straight for Lindley Wood, 

 ' leaving it on the left. Lost the line, scent failing entirely. 

 ' K tremendous run, one hour and ten minutes. Few horses 

 ' with them. A grand line, and grand fox. Dog pack.' 



.Smith's diary says that it was on the edge of Leathley 

 Moor that they lost their fox, and he gives it as a nine-mile 

 point, and eleven miles as hounds ran. 



The season finished on April 14th, when they met at 

 Alwoodley Crag, and finding in Scotland Wood, ran to 

 Meanwood and back to Weetwood, and killed. They had a 

 smart burst with their second fox ; finding him in Mosley 

 Wood, and running to ground at Dr. Clifford Allbutt's 

 house. They hunted one hundred and twenty-one days, and 

 were stopped fourteen. They killed fifty-seven brace of 

 foxes, and ran forty-four and a half brace to ground. It 

 was a bad scenting season on the whole, but they had several 

 good runs, and as is not infrequent in a season when the 

 weather is so changeable and unsettled, the good runs came 

 on unlikely days. 



This practically brings the diaries to an end, for Mr. Fox 

 only kept his until the December of 1885, and Smith his 

 until 1889, when he only kept it for a part of the season. 

 The History of the Hunt from this date to 1896 I shall 

 have to give from other sources ; and though the diaries 

 will be called upon when they are available, it will be better 

 to leave this part of the History for another chapter. 



