AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 



that the opinion of the former, which was cordially 

 given when asked, was worth having, for he had 

 done what but few others have — viz., served an 

 amateur apprenticeship in a fox -hound kennel. 

 From James Treadwell, huntsman to Mr Horlock, 

 prior to his Bramham days under Mr Lane Fox, 

 Mr Hill first learned the kennel management of 

 a pack of fox-hounds, and the knowledge which 

 he then acquired no doubt afterwards stood him 

 in good stead in the case of his own hounds. But 

 while any help which the Hunt committee and 

 others could give, might have tended to in- 

 crease the popularity and prestige of the master, 

 it was his own hearty and genial manner, and 

 kind and considerate disposition which gained for 

 Colonel Gillon the affection of all classes during 

 his mastership of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire 

 Hounds. 



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