CHAPTER XIII. 

 Death of Mr. George Lane Fox. 



The hunting- season of 1896-9; had a g-loomy beginning, 

 for on the opening clay the Squire of Bramham passed away 

 from the scenes in which he had been so long a ruling 

 power. He had suffered from influenza more than once, 

 and he had a pretty sharp attack in the latter part of the 

 summer, but he got out again, and was as cheery as ever 

 on the afternoon of the annual Puppy-walkers' luncheon, in 

 August. On the Great Ebor day, when hunting men fore- 

 gather more perhaps than on any other day throughout the 

 racing season, many were the enquiries as to his health, and 

 from the answers it was hoped that we might have him 

 with us for a short time. He had begun to pay his regular 

 visits to the kennel again, and was very keen about the 

 young entry, but Smith thought him feebler, and he never 

 really regained his strength. Towards the end of October 

 it was evident to his anxious friends that the end would not 

 be long, and on the second of November, at four o'clock, 

 he passed quietly away. 



With the death of Mr. Fox I bring the History of the 

 Bramham Hunt to a close. I have endeavoured to show 

 what his friends and he had made of the country and of the 



