HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



recovered it without help, and carried it — Ochiltree 

 Castle lying on their right and Ochiltree mill on 

 their left — to Longmuir. Then they stretched 

 away over the grass by Broomieknowes and Bee- 

 craigs to B'ormie and from that, without dwelling, 

 by the north wood at Lochcote to Bowdenhill, 

 where they marked to ground among the rocks. 

 Two accounts of this run appeared in print, ^ and 

 they virtually agree as to the time occupied — forty- 

 five or forty-six minutes — but both seem rather to 

 exaggerate the distance traversed and to understate 

 the point, which is one of all but six miles. 



In the autumn of 1901 Mr Fred Usher's engage- 

 ment to Miss Knox - Little was announced, and 

 their wedding took place in Worcester Cathedral 

 on the 26th of November in that year ; while a 

 few months later, and within a short time of his 

 having resigned the appointment of Governor- 

 General of the Australian commonwealth, Lord 

 Hopetoun was created Marquis of Linlithgow. 

 The glad feelings which these events gave rise 

 to, however, were superseded some two years 

 afterwards by others of an opposite nature, since 

 through the deaths of Sir John Usher and Cap- 

 tain Johnston -Stewart the Hunt lost two of its 

 best supporters, — both of them having been good 

 sportsmen and members of the Hunt committee, 

 as well as resident proprietors, of whom, unfortun- 

 ately, there are now but too few in the country. 



1 'The Scotsman,' 22nd December 1902; 'Land and Water,' 27th 

 December 1902 



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