AND STIRLINGSHmE HUNT 



In 1858, Stewart Watson appears to have 

 finished his picture, " A Meet at Barnton," contain- 

 ing the portraits of the master, the Hunt servants, 

 and many of those then hunting with the pack. 

 There is no key to this picture, but the following 

 particulars^ may to some extent supply the de- 

 ficiency. In the centre, approaching the hounds, 

 is Captain Sandilands, and on his right hand, 

 Purslow the huntsman (1856). Facing Captain 

 Sandilands and Purslow are Nason and Marlow 

 the whippers-in (1856), the former being the nearer 

 to the pack. The boy in mufti is Mr Charles 

 Ramsay " the Young Squire" of Barnton. Behind 

 the pack stands Mr Waldron Hill, who for many 

 years kept a pack of otter - hounds at Murray- 

 field near Edinburgh, and who never rode to, but 

 always ran with, hounds. Beyond him, on a grey 

 horse, is Mr John Orr, Glasgow, one of the many 

 supporters which the Hunt then had in the west 

 of Scotland. Between Mr Hill and the huntsman 

 is Shore's father who, besides being gamekeeper 

 at Barnton, acted as earths-stopper to the Hunt. 

 Immediately behind the huntsman is Mr J. H. 

 Holdsworth. In the background, beyond Captain 

 Sandilands, is Mr C. M. Barstow, and beyond him 

 again Mr T. E. O. Home, afterwards honorary 

 secretary for a number of years. On foot, rest- 

 ing his arm on the withers of his horse, is Mr 

 George Dunlop, Gogar, and beyond him, on a 



I These particulars, although believed to be correct, are not to be 

 relied upon implicitly. 



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