HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



Houstoun wood, hounds turned northwards, and 

 crossing the Bathgate road, hunted through the 

 policies of Binny, Ecclesmachan covert, and the 

 Braes o' Mar to a point not far short of Gateside. 

 There they were at fault, but, through information 

 received and some help from Hall, they recovered 

 the line, and caught their fox in the open, a little 

 to the west of Waterstone.-^ 



Towards the close of the year 1904, Mr Fred 

 Usher purchased, as a stud hound, the Atherstone 

 Comrade (1900), by their Begulus (1896) — their 

 Columbine (1897), the sire of more than one winner 

 at Peterborough. Besides being steady in his 

 work, he was good to look upon, having quality, 

 great neck and shoulder, the best of legs and feet, 

 and a sensible fox-hound head. There were six 

 couples of young hounds by him at Golfhall in the 

 spring of 1906, and two and a half couples in that 

 of the following year, all of which, except one, were 

 put forward, and several of which have since been 

 bred from. 



In the end of January 1906 the joint - masters 

 intimated their resignation.^ For some time pre- 

 viously there had been rumours of a change, and 

 thus the resolution of Sir Bobert Usher and his 

 brothers, which was received with very general 

 regret, did not come altogether unexpectedly. A 

 little later Mr Fred Usher accepted the mastership 

 of the Berwickshire Hounds, which had become 



1 'The Scotsman,' 15th March 1905. 

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