2 26 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



up to this point, seemed inclined to stop. Not so William, 

 who, acting on the 'In for a penny in for a pound' maxim, 

 shouted to his brother, 'Come on, James, don't be cowardly!' 

 The two went on to the end, but I have not been able to 

 learn whether they ever conquered their aversion to a ' big 

 'drain country.' 



The Yorks of \\'ighill were also very prominent sports- 

 men in their time. Mr. Edward York, whose son hunted 

 the York and Ainsty for part of a season* was a big man 

 and a fine sportsman, but he never rode hard. He, however, 

 always got to the end of a run, though he rarely jumped a 

 fence, and no man knew the run of foxes better than he 

 did. He was a hospitable man, keeping almost open house 

 as his father had done before him. 



Mr. 'Abraham' Brown, of Beilby Grange, now known, by 

 the way, as Wetherby Grange, was a great supporter of both 

 Lord Harewood and Mr. George Lane Fox. He bought 

 Beilby Grange and went to live there, taking with him a 

 useful stud of steeplechase horses. Of course there is always 

 something which wants schooling in a stud of chasers, and 

 Mr. Brown soon became highly popular amongst the younger 

 members of the Hunt by the liberality with which he placed 

 his horses at their disposal. He was himself a good man 

 to hounds. It seems scarcely necessary for me to add that 

 he afterwards sold the Grange to Col. Gunter, who is now 

 generally seen out with the Bramham Moor whenever they 

 are within reachable distance of him. 



Harder riders and better fellows than the Gascoignes, 

 Dick and Tom, it would have been difficult to find, even in 

 hard-riding and hospitable Yorkshire. They were both in 

 the Blues, and they brought half that sporting regiment to 

 Parlington, whence they hunted right merrily, and I have 



* Col. York, of Hutton Hall, took the York and Ainsly in 1885, and died 

 during his first season. 



