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HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



Park ; but after crossing the Harrogate railwaj- they turned 

 short along the line side, re-crossing it at Spofforth and 

 ran over the Crimple Beck, running into their fox on the 

 beck side after a pretty burst of twenty-five minutes. They 

 then went to Stockeld Park, where they soon found, and 

 after a good deal of work in covert they ran a fox to ground 

 between Wetherby Park and the railway. Cocked Hat 

 Whin was next tried, and here they found, and ran hard 

 over Spofforth Haggs to Spofforth. Turning over the 

 Haggs they crossed the Harrogate railway and pointed for 

 Follifoot, but turning short to the right they ran down to 

 the Crimple Beck, over Spoflbrth Beck, and across the 

 railway again nearly to Stockeld, where the fox began to 

 run short, and they rolled him over. 



On January 29th they had a cracker. They met at 

 Wike, and after a short spin with a fo.x there, which resulted 

 in hounds being beaten, they went to Harewood. In the 

 plantation near Eccup reservoir they found three foxes, and 

 one was chopped at the start. With another they got away 

 smartly, and ran him hard by Greystone and through 

 Burdon Wood, giving the field the slip completely. Through 

 Rawdon Gill they ran, and by dint of hard riding Smith 

 and the first flight got to them when they got to Burdon 

 Bank. From there they ran over Arthington Park, through 

 Bow Shaws, Breary Spring, and over the Leeds and Otley 

 road to B ram hope Moor. Here the pace, which had slowed 

 down a little, began to quicken, and they ran due west to 

 None-go-by-us, leaving the house on the right, and pointed 

 for Rawdon Hall in Airedale. Headed here, the fox turned 

 down towards the river at Apperley, and they ran him to 

 ground in Apperley Crag Wood. He was barely a hundred 

 yards in front of hounds when he reached the friendly earth. 

 It was a ten-mile point, and out of a large field only fifteen 

 were up to hear Smith's 'who-whoop.' The season finished 



