HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



Galloper in the Lothians' list for 1872; seven and 

 a half, through Beauty (1888) to Bel voir Weather- 

 gage, and sixteen and a half to the Blankney 

 Fairy (1883) and Bel voir Gordon (1886), and so 

 again to Weathergage. It will also be found that 

 fifteen and a half couples strain back through 

 Genitor (1896) to Bel voir Gamester (1882), and 

 twenty-one couples either to Captain Johnstone's 

 Trueman (1884) or to his Templar (1888) ; that six 

 and a half are descended from the Brocklesby 

 Streamer (1891), through Sounder (1900); three 

 and a half from the Warwickshire Hermit (1889), 

 through Hamlet (1899) and Hostile (1902) ; seven 

 couples from the Grove Harkaway (1885), partly 

 through the Atherstone Comrade (1900) and partly 

 through the North Staffordshire Sailor (1905) ; four 

 couples from the Oakley Bhymer (1882), through 

 Donovan (1895); and ten and a half from Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's Chanter (1891). 



In tracing these pedigrees, however, there is 

 nothing of greater interest to be arrived at than 

 the fact that ten couples have the blood of Hannibal ^ 

 and Skilful,^ hounds which were in the old Lothian, 

 now the Duke of Buccleuch's, pack when that was 

 brought into the country by Mr Baird of Newby th, 

 during the period in which the Linlithgow and 

 Stirlingshire Hunt was in abeyance (1814-1825). 



1 The Lothian Hannibal (1820) by the Brocklesby Pleader (1812)— 

 Belvoir Susan (1811). 



2 The Lothian Skilful (1820) by Mr Villebois' Solon— Lord Darling- 

 ton's Merkin. 



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