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The hounds going through the bottom side had a sUght check 

 Mr. J. Orr, Mr. Thorburn, and Mr, Couj)er having taken the 

 top line, and being well up, viewed two couple of hounds 

 going on out at the west end. One of them rode back and 

 told Squires, who at once cast forward and hit him off over 

 the boggy glen, rather pointing towards the reservoir. They 

 went by Brownside Braes, leaving Glenfield to the right, on to 

 Gleniffer. The fox came out at top end near a row of high 

 trees, and turned down to the right over the road past Staneley 

 Moor, leaving Greenshieldmuir to the right, very near on to 

 Bardrain Wood, as if his point was now Johnstone Castle. 

 Here, being very far through, he began dodging, and turning 

 to the left, lay down before the hounds; but jumping up in 

 view, they raced him into a drain near the Witch Burn, bolted 

 and killed him. Time, one hour and ten minutes ; distance 

 gone over, about twelve miles, v^ith only one check. This 

 run was acknowledged by all who were out to be one of 

 the very best these hounds have ever had, being over the 

 cream of the country, all grass and good going. Squires went 

 in his usual form on "Whiteface ;" in fact, the old 'un is very 

 hard to beat, always sticking to his hounds, and can show his 

 heels to some of the hard riders yet. He got a nasty bite 

 from the fox when bolting him, which, I am afraid, will pre- 

 vent him using his right hand for a day or two. I hope to be 

 able, before the season is over, to give you another screed ; 

 but it will be a long time, I am afraid, before I shall have the 

 pleasure of chronicling such a run as the above. 



LANARKSHIRE & RENFREWSHIRE FOX-HOUNDS. 



Since the opening day, when they had such a good thing, 

 our local pack have had nothing particularly worth recording ; 

 but to many old hunting men, who now no longer participate 

 in the joys of the chase, an account of what is going on in 

 the pursuit of the noble science, however meagre, is always 



