AND STmLINGSHIKE HUNT 



Nason, and in 1858 John Jones. Jones' relinquish- 

 ment of the post in 1860 cleared the way for 

 Stracey, his first whipper - in, who acted until 

 1866, when he was succeeded by Kichard Horton, 

 the last of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hunts- 

 men prior to the union with East Lothian. On 

 the revival of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire 

 Hunt in 1877, Atkinson, who had carried the 

 horn during the union, was retained, and, with 

 the exception of the season of 1881, in which 

 his nephew Charles Atkinson was huntsman, and 

 of the two following seasons, in which the master, 

 Mr Russel, was nominally huntsman and frequently 

 hunted the hounds, continued in office until 1887, 

 when his huntinof career closed. James Beavan 

 came next, and remained for two seasons, at the 

 end of which he went to Lord Eglinton, and 

 Cotes worth was appointed in his stead. Cotes- 

 worth was huntsman in 1889 and 1890, kennel- 

 huntsman and first whipper-in in the four succeed- 

 ing seasons, during which the master, Mr Cross, 

 hunted the hounds, and again huntsman from 1895 

 to 1904 ; while Tom Hall, who got the horn on 

 Cotesworth's retirement, carried it for two seasons 

 or until 1906, when he accompanied Mr Fred 

 Usher to Berwickshire. Since then Sam Mor- 

 gan, junior, a son of Lord Fitzwilliam's hunts- 

 man, has had the charge at Golfhall, and has 

 hunted the hounds for Sir Robert Usher and 

 Mr Gillon, as he will now for Sir Bobert and 

 Mr Meldrum. 



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