COL. ANSTRUTHER THOMSON 



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He was laid up for a month in George Pagan's house, 

 who kindly had put us up for the drill week. I slept on 

 the floor in his room. He got better and we went home. 

 On 1 2 th August 1 engaged a trained nurse {a man) to 

 attend on him, and afterwards Robert Rowatt, who 

 had been footman to Colonel Gardyne at Finavon. 



Colonel Babington was Master of the Fife 

 Hounds for the second time ; Jack Shepherd, 

 huntsman ; and Will Kilgour and Harry Goodall, 

 whips. At the beginning of the season 1871, on 8th 

 September, I went to Atherstone, and stayed with 

 Bob Harper, and commenced cub-hunting. I had 

 to give up about the end of September, and to 

 winter at Torquay on account of my boy's health, 

 and sent the horses to Tattersall's on 12th October. 

 Had a capital sale, ten of them fetching ^2,305. 



" Messrs. Tattersall will sell by auction, near 

 Albert Gate, Hyde Park, London, on Monday, i6th 

 October, the following well-known horses, the 

 property of John Anstruther Thomson, Esq. 

 (Master of Atherstone Hounds), who is unable to 

 hunt the hounds this season : — 



These horses have 

 first-rate condition. 



Marmion .... ;{^i50 

 Mermaid )^ Very clever, fast, ( 62 

 Lioness / and good fencers. I 50 

 Little Wonder, has carried 



a young lady with hounds. 85 

 Waverley (black), would make 



a charger. 

 Tichbourne, up to great 

 weight. 



all been ridden by himself, are in 

 and fit to go. 



