AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 



brace of foxes were killed in the first of these 

 seasons and fourteen brace in the second ; that 

 notwithstanding the large pack in kennel, Mr 

 Hope was somewhat short of hounds in the spring 

 of 1871, and had to borrow five couples from Forfar- 

 shire and the same number from Fife ; and that 

 on the 12th of April of the same year, the young 

 hounds were judged by Lord Wemyss, Sir Thomas 

 Erskine of Cambo, and Mr Andrew Fletcher of 

 Saltoun. Other names, chiefly those of hunting 

 visitors, occur from time to time, and in addition 

 to Lord Queensberry, who has already been re- 

 ferred to, Lord Melville, Mr Adrian Hope, Captain 

 Reynardson, Colonel Dundas, and Lord and Lady 

 Morton are mentioned as having been out hunting 

 on one side of the country or the other. The diary 

 also speaks of the occasional use of the " Hunt 

 special " ; of not leaving off hunting till quite dark ; 

 and of Mr Hope's long rides to covert : — 



1870. Feb. 8. Haddington.— Hounds by 7 A.M. train. Self 

 rode from Edinburgh, 



1870. Dec. 1. Bangour. — From Archerfield, 7.35 a.m., at 



Bangour, 10.45 a.m., with four hacks. 



1871. Mch. 9. Westwood. — Self rode from Edinburgh and 



back. 



When Mr Hope retired in 1871, he was pre- 

 sented with a silver and gold cup as a token of 

 the appreciation felt by the subscribers to the 

 Hunt of his management as master, for, although 



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