AND STIRLINGSHmE HUNT 



share of the sport shown by Mr Tailby, the 

 Pjtchley and the Quorn, he has since taken part 

 in many good runs in the Linlithgow and Stirling- 

 shire country. From the day he first came to 

 Linlithgow in 1875, until recently, he has always 

 had a hunter, has always ridden forward, and 

 was, as he is, a keen and good sportsman, and 

 very popular with all classes. Although " Geordie 

 Simpson " has never ridden to hounds, it is safe to 

 say that no man in the country has worn out more 

 shoe-leather in following them than he has ; and, 

 be the weather what it might, it has never kept 

 him at home on a hunting day. But now that 

 gout and rheumatism have become his constant 

 companions, Cockleroi and Binny craig see less of 

 him than they did in the past, and it is generally 

 from the seat of a dog-cart that he views the 

 proceedings. Mr Kerr, Linlithgow, who always 

 hunts "on wheels," would be pretty sure to be 

 there, and since he knows the run of the foxes 

 as well as he knows the country, which is say- 

 ing a great deal, he can generally give as good 

 an account of what has taken place in the course 

 of the day's work as many a well-mounted man. 

 Unless a "contract" required his attention else- 

 where, Mr Callander, Bathgate, who supplies the 

 hunting gates and makes the jumping- places in 

 the wire fences, would, of course, put in an appear- 

 ance ; for he usually has a horse that will " ride " 

 as well as " drive," and it is therefore seldom that 

 he misses an opportunity of hunting when hounds 



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