AND STmLINGSHIKE HUNT 



they recovered the line, and after running on by 

 West Mains towards Baads mill turned right- 

 handed and pulled their fox down at Addiewell, 

 after having covered a distance of fully sixteen 

 miles with a point of eight. At the finish there 

 were present, besides Atkinson, only four of the 

 field — Mr William Allan, who still has both the 

 brush and mask of this game fox, Mr Hugh Martin, 

 Mr C. T. Menzies, and Mr Hugh Mosman, now of 

 Auchtyfardle.^ 



On Mr Russel's resignation at the end of this 

 season, Mr J. Graham Menzies, third son of Mr 

 Graham Menzies of Hallyburton, accepted the 

 management, purchased the pack, and with 

 Atkinson in charge at Golfhall, hunted the 

 country two and frequently three days a-week, 

 receiving the subscription collected. During the 

 years in which he was in office matters ran 

 smoothly, although at the outset the Hunt sus- 

 tained a serious loss through the death, on the 

 26th of June 1884, of Mr T. E. O. Home, who 

 had acted as honorary secretary and treasurer 

 for the space of fifteen years. During that period, 

 as the Minute-book shows, his duty to the Hunt 

 had been discharged with an unusual care and 

 thoroughness, and although other sports were 

 dear to him, he gave freely of his time towards 

 the furtherance of that which he loved the best. 

 Before another season came round, however, his 



1 'The County Gentleman,' 23rd February 1884; and 'The Field,' 

 1st March 1884. 



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