AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 



ploughs at the end of the run — in one hour and 

 twenty-five minutes : not a hound missing at the 

 death. Of the select few who saw this most 

 brilliant daifs sport, I must mention Captain Hay 

 upon his well-known horse Selim, who with Rintoul, 

 the huntsman, on Rocket/ were never headed; 

 Messrs G. Dunlop," Annesley,^ Maitland,^ &c., all 

 went well, not forgetting the sporting Professor,^ 

 whose delight was unbounded." ^ 



The brushes of the foxes which provided these two 

 capital runs are now at Calder House, and although 

 nearly seventy years have elapsed since the day 

 on which Rintoul handled them, their state of 

 preservation is perfect. The brush of the Newholm 

 fox was given by Mr Maitland, above mentioned, 

 to Mr Ramsay's son,'^ who at the time was only 

 two months old, much in the same way as the old 

 hunting-horn referred to at the beginning of this 

 chapter, was presented to Mr Ramsay. 



Notwithstanding the fact of his having bought 

 a considerable number of hounds at the Cottesmore 

 sale,^ in 1842, Mr Ramsay purchased Lord Kin- 



1 Kocket. T7cZep. 151. 2 ]\ii. (Jeorge Dunlop, Gogar. ^ LordValentia. 



* Mr, afterwards Colonel, Keith Ramsay Maitland, Cameron High- 

 landers. 



^ Probably Professor Lizars. '^ 'Sporting Magazine,' June 1844. 



"■ The inscription on the momiting of the brush is, "C. W. R. R., 

 from K. R. M., Newholm, 20 April 1844." 



® The Druid states that ]\Ir Ramsay bought 17| couples of hounds 

 at the Cottesmore sale. — Vide 'Field and Fern,' (South), 1865, p. 54. 

 As a matter of fact, ]\Ir Ramsay purchased 9 couples of entered 

 hounds and 5 couples of unentered hounds, and in addition 6 

 couples of draft hounds sent in by the huntsman. — Letter from Messrs 

 Tattersall to the author, 11th February 1910. 



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