AND STIELINGSHIRE HUNT 



hill," and even after the Bathgate road had been 

 crossed and Drumcross reached, the pace was as 

 before, and those who rode the line had to do their 

 best to keep in touch with the pack. From Drum- 

 cross they went on to the strips at Bangour, from 

 these in a bee-line to Cairnpapple, and so to 

 Wallhouse craigs where an open earth saved the 

 life of a good fox.^ Few saw this hunt, perhaps 

 not more than a dozen, but among the number 

 were Mr Cross, Captain Day, and Mr William 

 Younger, the last of whom had bidden some friends 

 to dine with him before going to a ball that evening. 

 Between the dinner hour appointed and the return 

 of their host at 9.30, the waiting guests had the 

 comforting assurance of the butler that his master 

 must certainly have been " fatally injured," since he 

 had never before been known to be so late in getting 

 home from hunting. But this good run had its 

 rough as well as its smooth side, for The Dream, the 

 horse which had so gallantly leaped the Preston 

 march -wall, broke down and was never really 

 hunted again, although his owner kept him for over 

 a year rather than destroy him. When eventually 

 he did so, he had his hide, which was as white as 

 snow, perserved, and although, through the lapse of 

 time, it has since become discoloured, it is still cared 

 for by an ardent admirer of the old horse. 



Of the sport shown at this period Mr Alexander 

 Dudgeon, Humbie," had his share, for he was a 



^ 'Land and Water,' 18th :\larcli 1893. 



'■^ Perhaps better known as of Easter Dahiieny. 



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