2 24 HISTORY OF THE BR AM HAM MOOR HUNT. 



some time, he pounded the field, which, as may be believed, 

 was no easy matter. When they once more got to Mr. Scott 

 they found him seated on a gate, with his horse tethered to 

 it, and the fox laid over his knees. ' Here's your fox, 

 ' Mr. Goosey,' were the words with which he greeted the 

 huntsman.' 



Another keen sportsman who frequently hunted with the 

 Bramham Moor in the olden time was Sir John F. B.Johnstone, 

 a bold dashing man to hounds, but not a particularly fine 

 horseman, — his son, Lord Derwent, and his grandson, the 

 present Master of the Hackness Hounds, being his superiors 

 in this respect. The Maxwells, Joe and Henry, from 

 Scarthingwell, relatives of Lord Herries, could always take 

 their own part. They were big fine-looking men, standing 

 over si.x feet, and with Mr. Edwin Lascelles, brother to the 

 third Earl of Harewood, made a trio it were bad to tackle 

 when hounds ran hard over a big country. And here I 

 may remark that though it is a big country to cross, and _has 

 a large proportion of plough, the Bramham Moor country 

 has always been famous for the heavy weights that could 

 hold their own in it, however fast the pace. 



Another fine horseman and bold rider whose name is 

 closely associated with the Bramham Moor hounds, was 

 Mr. Edwin Markham, of whom it can be said with truth 

 that to him naught came amiss. He was hard as nails, and 

 was a prominent man in the Hunt. His father. General 

 Markham, was a distinguished soldier, as well as a distin- 

 guished fox-hunter, and I may remark passim that the 

 combination is well known in the present day. He was 

 Colonel of the 32nd, and was sent for out of Central India 

 to the Crimea, when things were not going too well with 

 our army there, but died as soon as he reached, or just 

 before he reached, the seat of war. 



Of the late Mr. Egremont Lascelles it may be said that 



