AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 



of the Genitor (1896) family, so much valued by 

 Cotesworth at a later period. The Atherstone 

 draft included their Trusty (1881), by their Traitor 

 (1876)— their Ladybird (1878), an old but reliable 

 hound and the sire of the four sisters Fallacy, 

 Fanciful, Forcible, and Frantic (1888), two of 

 which distinguished themselves in the field in 

 their first season. But no greater good was accom- 

 plished than through using the dog-hounds got from 

 Captain Johnstone, — Trueman (1884), and Templar 

 (1888) in particular, — whose blood ran strong in 

 the pack between the years 1890 and 1900, and 

 is still to be found in nearly all the home-bred 

 hounds at the present day. 



The harvest of 1887 having been comparatively 

 an early one, cub -hunting was begun on the 1st 

 of September, and by the end of the following 

 month the pack had been well blooded and the 

 country fairly overtaken. During that time Cap- 

 tain Cheape had given satisfaction to landlord 

 and tenant alike, and when regular hunting com- 

 menced he was in the proud position of being 

 able to say that there was not a farmer in the 

 district who was not well disposed towards the 

 Hunt.^ Having gained the good opinion of the 

 agriculturist, he was at some pains to retain 

 it, and with the view of preventing all avoidable 

 damage in the field, he addressed those who 

 met him at Riccarton House on the 12th of 

 November. Speaking in the interest of the 



1 'The Scotsm.an,' 5th and 26th November 1887. 



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