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CHAPTER IV. 



COLONEL GARDYNE AND THE FIFE HOUNDS. 



In 1872 Colonel Greenhill Gardyne was master and 

 huntsman ; one of the best masters I ever saw — 

 long-suffering, patient and conciliating, very keen, 

 knows well where the fox goes, and gets over a 

 country in real good form ; about 6 ft. i in. high, 

 but light for his weight ; can't manage his voice, and 

 shouts instead of holloas. 



He was well pleased with his season in Fife, 

 and said, " The lairds treated me with great con- 

 sideration, and gave me ;C^oo more than they 

 promised, which was very generous of them ". He 

 lived at Ramornie during his mastership. 



Jack Shepherd, kennel huntsman ; Harry Good- 

 all, second whip, a great long quiet son of Stephen 

 Goodall's, a very fine horseman, rather wanted quick- 

 ness, but very careful with his horse, and would have 

 made a very useful man with hounds. He enlisted 

 in the 2nd Life Guards and became rough-riding 

 corporal -major, and led the musical ride at the 

 tournament in the Agricultural Hall. I frequently 

 saw him when I went to the barracks. One day he 

 said to me, " I should like to see a hunt ag-ain ". At 

 that time Gardyne was hunting Mr, Jarvis's hounds 



