HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



future master, I promise him a hearty welcome, and my 

 coverts and country are at his service. Should I remain 

 to hunt in the country, I promise him further support 

 by subscribing. — I am. Gentlemen, your most obedient 

 Servant, A. Gillon. 



The Hunt Committee, 

 L. & S. Hunt. 



And here this chapter might end, were it not 

 that there must yet be placed on record an acknow- 

 ledgment of the services rendered to the Hunt 

 at this time by other good friends. The Hunt 

 committee — consisting of Major Ferrier Hamilton, 

 Colonel Shairp, Sir Alexander Maitland, Mr Lear- 

 month McKenzie, Mr T. E. 0. Home, and Mr T. 

 Drybrough, — to whom, as a body, the above letter 

 is addressed, and whom the master thanks so 

 cordially, had doubtless borne their appropriate 

 share of the labour. In the beginning, Major 

 Hamilton had acted as honorary secretary ad 

 interim; but Mr Drybrough seems eventually to 

 have undertaken his duties to a certain extent, 

 and to have been chiefly instrumental in main- 

 taining the subscription. The late Mr W. H. 

 Henderson, besides being honorary treasurer, 

 assisted greatly in the carrying out of many of 

 the details connected with the management, and 

 for a short space one cub-hunting season, even took 

 charge in the field during the temporary absence 

 of the master. In Mr Waldron Hill, Colonel Gillon 

 seems to have had a friend ready to sympathise 

 regarding the troubles in kennel, and it is probable 



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