HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



and white hats, when the dashing young owner, 

 who appears to have had a preference for two 

 bays and two greys, cross - fashion, was on the 

 box." ^ Whether " the Barnton hat " was originally 

 used by Mr Ramsay to cover him on the box-seat 

 or in the saddle, is not clear, — probably he wore 

 it on all occasions, — but its outline, tall and 

 straight with an absolutely flat brim, is still 

 familiar to many, and for long it will be associated 

 with the Squire of Barnton as " the Fife hat " will 

 be with the late Laird of Charleton.^ 



Although it would be out of place to enter 

 into any description here of Mr Ramsay's many 

 victories on the turf, the names of some of the 

 more or less famous horses which he owned or 

 which carried his colours — the straw jacket, green 

 sleeves and cap — may be mentioned. Perhaps 

 the best known were The Doctor, Inheritor, 

 Despot, and last, but not least, Lanercost,^ 

 winner, as a four - year - old, of the first Cam- 

 bridgeshire (1839) ; while Queen Mary,* cele- 

 brated later as a brood mare, was his property, 

 and ran in his name when she made her only 

 appearance in public. Thomas Dawson and 

 William I'Anson trained them, and while they 



1 'Scott and Sebright,' by The Druid, 1862, p. 185. 



2 Colonel Anstruther-Thomson. 



3 Lanercost (1835) by Liverpool — Otis. Liverpool by Tramp- 

 Whisker mare. Otis by Bustard — Gayhurst's dam. 



* Queen Mary (1843) by Gladiator— Plenipotentiary mare, dam of 

 Haricot, Blink Bonny (winner of Derby and Oaks), Broomielaw, 

 Blinkhoolie, and many others. 



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