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at a rattling pace through the north corner of Craigmarlock, 

 down over the Greenock Road, up by Auchenbothy Gorse, and 

 ran into him near Knockmountain. This was a very sharp 

 fifteen minutes. Just as they were running into their fox, 

 Mr. D. Kippen flew a high wall up hill with a paling on it, all 

 the rest of the field going through a gate. As they were on 

 their way home, most of the field having had plenty, a young 

 sportsman, who never cries " enough," requested Squires to 

 make one more draw, and he ran his beauties through Park 

 Erskine Glen, Drums, at 4.10, when the "biggest fox that ever 

 was seen" jumped out of the top strip. Crossing back down 

 over the glen, he went up over the left shoulder of Barscube 

 Hill, and going down over the Dargavel Burn went round the 

 Wreas side of Muirtown, on to Elphinstone. The fox then 

 turned to the right, ran down to the Kilmalcolm strips, and 

 up over Knockmountain. Going straight again back over 

 Barscube, he went up the hill the second time to Elphinstone. 

 Never hanging in covert, although the earth was open, this 

 gallant fox went on, leaving Lawfield Gorse to the right, over 

 High Barlogan, down through West Barlogan ; doubling back 

 he came out at the east side, and going through Ennely, went 

 on to the Wreas, where, as it was getting late, and both hounds 

 and horses were completely "baked," Squires stopped the 

 hounds; time, one hour and twenty-five minutes; distance, 

 about twelve miles. Although it was a sort of ring, still they 

 hardly ever checked, but hunted steadily in covert and out of 

 covert all the time, showing that the Colonel's hounds can both 

 race and hunt. The only four that saw the finish were 

 Mr, George Kidston, Mr. W. Campbell, younger of Tillichewan, 

 Mr. J. Wallace, and Squires (who got to his hounds at High 

 Barlogan). Mr. George Smith, Mr. Muir, Mr. Stewart, 

 Mr. William Finlayson, and young Mr. Arthur, went well as 

 long as they could. 



The Clydesdale Beagles, I am informed, had a very good 

 run on Saturday, and accounts from other packs state that 

 there was a wonderful scent in the afternoon. 



