AND STmLINGSHIHE HUNT 



which they were built. Probably it was in con- 

 sequence of this trouble that, during Colonel Gillon's 

 mastership, very few hounds were bred at home, 

 and that the strength of the pack was maintained 

 principally by the acquisition of drafts, which 

 were got from many different kennels, including 

 the Cheshire, Lord Eglinton's, the Old Burton, 

 the Milton, the Berkeley, Lord Wemyss', and the 

 Pytchley. 



With the flight of time also there had been a 

 gradual, if perhaps an almost imperceptible, change 

 in the constitution of the Hunt, and now many 

 of the landowners who had formerly joined in 

 the chase no longer did so, nor were they, although 

 still permitting their property to be ridden over, 

 even resident in the country to the same extent 

 as before ; while the number of sportsmen from the 

 Scottish capital was always steadily increasing. 



Without endeavouring to enumerate all the 

 followers of the pack or supporters which the 

 Hunt had at this time, the names of a few of 

 such as appear to have been the most prominent 

 may be given. Of those connected with the county 

 of Linlithgow there were — in addition to Colonel 

 Gillon — the sixth Earl of Hopetoun, whose master- 

 ship of the Pytchley Hounds had ended a few 

 years earlier, and who, although not hunting regu- 

 larly, was still very fond of the sport ; Sir William 

 Baillie of Polkemmet and Major Ferrier Hamilton 

 of Cathlaw, both staunch fox preservers, notwith- 

 standing the fact that the former was almost 



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