HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



blood-vessel — he had been going brilliantly up 

 to this time — and Mr Hay, Letham, got into 

 grief and saw no more of the run. Once over 

 the summit, hounds drove forward with renewed 

 vigour to Garvald, where the field were stopped 

 by the march fence — the horses being too much 

 distressed to get over it without a considerable 

 delay — and Major Woddrop, riding a young black 

 mare named the Kitten, joined in, and went on 

 alone with hounds to near Mendick. There Major 

 Douglas, who had ridden through the whole of 

 the run, overtook him, and hounds ran on over 

 the moor opposite West Linton, turned to the left 

 towards Slipperfield, and ran into their fox at 

 the top of Slipperfield moor. The distance from 

 point to point is stated to have been fourteen 

 miles, and as hounds ran, twenty ; the time, two 

 hours and ten minutes ; every hound up at the 

 finish.^ Sir William Maxwell was well - carried 

 by a very promising young chestnut horse ; Major 

 Douglas was well placed in the latter part of the 

 run, and so was Captain Falconar." 



In a former chapter, allusion has been made to 

 the fact that during the period in which the 

 Hunt has been in existence, the hounds have 

 hunted no fewer than twelve counties, but it 

 is even more remarkable that as many as ten 



1 Newspaper cutting in scrap-book in the possession of Mr H. 

 Armour, Edinburgh. 



2 Captain Falconar of Carlowrie, father of IMr George Falconar- 

 Stewart for many years honorary secretary. 



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