HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



heritor, after winning two Liverpool cups, in the 

 latter part of his career carried his owner well.^ 



As has been mentioned, Mr Ramsay engaged 

 Christopher Scott as his huntsman, the whippers- 

 in being Tom Rintoul and James Robertson ; and 

 the late Colonel Anstruther-Thomson could just 

 remember the hounds passing through Edinburgh 

 on their way from Duns Castle to Barnton in the 

 autumn of 1830. 



" Mr Ramsay has been lucky in his choice of a 

 huntsman ; he is a respectable man, and perfectly 

 master of his business. In the field he says little, 

 but when his hounds are getting near their fox, he 

 cheers them on to the death in first-rate style. . . . 

 The hounds are in beautiful condition, under the 

 most perfect control, pack well together, try the 

 strongest whin most determinedly, never throw up 

 their heads to catch a view, and while they stick 

 to their game like trumps, are at the huntsman's 

 heels at the least tout of the horn."^ 



Rintoul, whose life with hounds began in 1817, 

 had come to the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire 

 country in 1826 as second whipper-in to Knight. 

 His father was head gamekeeper to the Earl of 

 Elgin, and Tom was born either in Fife or Kinross- 

 shire in the year 1801. "His career began in the 

 racing stable along with Tom Dawson, under 

 Dawson senior, about the time when John Osborne 

 was hunting groom to Mr Taylor of Kirton. Tom 



1 'Baily's Magazine,' March 1896. 



2 i Sporting Magazine,' April 1831. 



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