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winner of that coveted prize, the Grand Military Gold 

 Cup. 



The Duke of Clarence once showed remarkable " form " 

 when shooting the coverts at Kirby Hall. He was placed 

 well out in the park to take the pheasants as they were 

 crossing from one wood to another, and they came both 

 high and fast. The Duke screened himself behind some 

 cut wood, which answered the purpose of a " butt," so that 

 the pheasants did not notice him and came straight 

 without swerving. He shot twenty-eight, nearly all being 

 hit well forward and killed instantly. He was very 

 pleased, and had every reason to be so, for the birds were 

 all good ones, and it was a fine exhibition of skill. 



The happy years of his stay in York will ever be 

 held there in mournful remembrance, alike by those who 

 had the privilege of his acquaintance, and by others who 

 revered him as a most courteous Prince. 



The greatest run that occurred with the York and 

 Ainsty during the Mastership of Sir Charles Slingsby 

 was always stated by him to have been one from Red 

 House, when the hounds ran clean away from the field, 

 and pulled their fox down in the park at Nun Appleton. 

 The distance in a straight line on the map is almost 

 thirteen miles. No one who started with the pack saw 

 the finish, though others did who joined in during the 

 run. I do not believe that this grand run has been 

 equalled since. Eed House has frequently sent forth good 

 stout foxes, and one gave a very fine run from here, and 

 was killed after only one check, at the outskirts of 

 Wetherby in 1867. The fox ran through Skip Bridge 

 Whin, but after that never touched another covert. 

 Leaving Wilstrop Wood to the right, and the Ingman- 



