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1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 181 If hee cannot by sent finde out the game he seeketh, or if after he hath found it & is in chase, he fall to hunt riot [etc.].

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 76/1 When Hounds run at a whole Herd of Deer,..we say..[they] Run Riot.

1731 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XIV. iv. 104 If the Hounds ran Riot..they are rated off.

1782 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting (new ed.) xiv. 191 Few of them will stop a hound, though he should run riot close beside them.

1809 Sporting Mag. 52/1 The first day they met, at a stag they ran riot, Though C-nn-ng in vain crack'd his whip to keep quiet, For away went the pack in full cry and full view Their game he was royal, to Windsor he flew.

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 131 Leaving them..to hunt ‘riot’ unchecked.

1908 L. C. R. Cameron Otters & Otter-hunting x. 113 If hounds will run riot they are more likely to break away in front than to go back.

1955 Times 16 Sept. 12/7 Supposing that on a hot day in a blind country hounds get right away from the hunt staff..and the puppies hunt riot.

2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 24 Jan. b1 Sounding the distinctive notes that signal when the hunt is on, when a fox has been spotted, when the hounds are running riot, when the prey has gone to ground.