HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



at once and running by B'ormie, Cairnpapple, and 

 Tartraven, eventually marked to ground at Baldie- 

 tap. The run lasted an hour and forty-five minutes, 

 with only one short check near Tartraven — there 

 was none at Bowden — and although the country 

 rode deep and hounds had therefore an advantage 

 over their followers, the master (Mr Russel), Miss 

 Mackenzie, Major Crofton, A.D.C., Mr Hugh 

 Martin, Hillwood, Mr Macknight, Mr, now Colonel, 

 C. T. Menzies, Mr J. C. Munro, — subsequently 

 master of various packs, including the Atherstone, — 

 and Mr Usher were with them at the finish.^ But 

 the fixture at Biccarton was productive of a 

 better run with a longer point. It was the bitches' 

 turn, and the covert at Buteland, then celebrated 

 for its strong foxes, rang with their music before 

 they broke from it to the west. Turning right- 

 handed they crossed the water of Leith below 

 Leithhead mill and ran on by Belstane covert and 

 Leyden, with Selm's moor on their right, up Cor- 

 ston hill, down the Bhiins, across the Linhouse 

 water at the viaduct, and by Wellhead, Muirieston 

 House, and Wester Muirieston, to Hermand, where 

 they were brought to their noses. But they were 

 soon busy on the line again, and touching West 

 Calder — they all but entered the church at the 

 east end of the village — continued by Slateheugh 

 and Birniehill over a country intersected by some 

 difficult fences, to the coverts at Hartwood. There 

 a short check occurred, but with Atkinsons help 



1 'Edinburgh Courant,' 24th January 1884 



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