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almost of a certainty go away over the open; but I hardly 

 know their favourite lines — except to Bygate and Belsay. 

 I have, however, a short account of a great hunt from the 

 Capheaton coverts which took place on March 10th, 1880, 

 and particulars of which have been recently sent me by a 

 friend, from who?e hunting diary the following is an extract : 

 " Met at Bavington. Found west side of Capheaton, lan by 

 Wallington, Little Harle, Sweethope, and E,idsdale, over the 

 Forest, and killed at Hareshaw Head. Time, two hours and 

 thirty-five minutes. Distance run about twenty miles. Most 

 of the field stopped at the Reed. Those who finished were 

 N. Cornish, huntsman, and the whips, Messrs. Kirsopp, Guy 

 Allgood, and J. Greene, and Mr. John Robson, of Newton, 

 Bellingham, who joined the hunt on the way." 



This must have been a great hunt, and fairly straight, con- 

 sidering the amount of country covered, though hounds went 

 north at first (to Wallington) and then north-west. And 

 a propos of great hunts in the Tynedale country, a tremendous 

 affair took place during the mastership of Mr. Hunter All- 

 good, on February 21st, 1868, after hounds had met at Colwell, 

 a village just east of the Watling Street, and some nine or 

 ten miles north of Corbridge. This run, which caused a great 

 deal of talk at the time, and for many years afterwards, was 

 not altogether satisfactory, for hounds soon left the good 

 country, and reached a rough moorland district, where the 

 riding was very bad, and most of the field, as I have always 

 heard, were early tailed off, but whether owing to the pace 

 or the difficult and quite unaccustomed riding line I am not 

 quite certain. In 1883, however, fifteen years after the great 

 run, a poem with the title, " A Run with the Tynedale 

 Hounds, by a Fox," was published by Blackwood and Sons, 

 and as the author of this poem had drawn upon the great run 

 for his theme a certain amount of controversy was aroused, 

 which resulted in the following letter being written by the 

 huntsman of the pack : — 



" Tynedale Kennels, November 6th, 1883. 



" Hon'd Sir, — The great run was on Friday, the 21st of 

 February, 1868. The meet was at Colwell; found at Pity 

 Me; ran first to the Dungeon, back to Ladywood over Gun- 

 nertown Fell, straight to the Tone Inn, then to Wanneys, 



