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ride. Fife, Forfar, and the Lothians and Berwick- 

 shire Yeomanry competed. Fife was first, Lothians 

 second, and Forfar third. Fife was ten points better 

 in the performance of the ride, but the Fife and 

 Forfar only rode on their own hunting saddles 

 and the Lothians had the regulation saddle. The 

 judges took seven points off because our saddles 

 were not high off the horses' withers ! and the 

 Lothians were allowed to attend the tournament at 

 Islington. 



Hunting Tour with Rosie, 1891. 



1 6th February, 1891. — Went on Monday to 

 Bywell. Rosie was already there. Took Donaldson 

 with " Fairy," and a roan horse of Charles Rogers' 

 of Balgove ; sent them direct to Wiverton. 



Tuesday, 17th February. — Bywell Hall, North- 

 umberland. Morpeth Hounds met. Drove to 

 the Wagon Inn ; got our horses there. J. A. T., 

 the "Tumbler"; R. A. T., Kitty's horse, a clinker. 

 The " Tumbler," a good confidential horse ; the 

 hounds, a racing-looking lot ; sixteen couple. Jack 

 Ranee, the huntsman, an energetic chap and a good 

 horseman, but with one prevailing fault, of riding 

 away from his hounds and blowing for them to come 

 to him. Drew all the best coverts blank, till about 

 three o'clock. Then we got on a disturbed fox in 

 some plantations ; very little scent ; made a mess of 

 it. Found again in one of Mr. Perkin's gorses, and 

 ran like blazes across the river at River Green 

 Mill ; ran to ground finally. I left them at Molt- 



