228 REMINISCENCES OF 



CAPTAIN THOMSON of Charleton. 



To SCOTT, CROALL, & Co., 



Job and Post Masters, 



Royal Horse Bazaar and 83 Rose Street, Edinburgh. 

 1859. 



May 3rd. To 28 Carriages and pairs of Horses for the 

 County of Fife Election 3 days at 

 2 2s. each per day .... 176 8 o 



20 Broughams and one horse for 20 

 Broughams 3 days at i us. 6d. each 

 per day -. . . . . . 94 10 o 



48 Coachmen 3 days at 53. each per 



day 36 o o 



,, Expenses for Hotel Bills, Tolls, etc. . 77 10 2 

 Horse and Gig to Dysart Toll Bar . i 6 o 

 Expenses for Freight Tolls, Horse and 



Man 126 



Paid for Blue Ribbon and Calico . . i 16 8 

 Paid for extra Calico ... 060 



388 19 4 



Wemyss was elected with a majority of 237. 



In June, 1859, the Duke of Beaufort and Lord 

 Winchelsea made a match hounds against race- 

 horses. The Duke backed hounds. He got a man 

 from Cumberland with a trail hound to train the 

 hounds. The trail hound was high on leg, light of 

 bone, with a sharp nose, light coloured, and rather 

 like a collie. The man was rather offended with me 

 because I asked if his dog was a foxhound. 



I went to Badminton on 26th June when they 

 were training the hounds. The training ground was 

 two miles from Worcester Lodge to the house at 

 Badminton. Four of us were mounted and stationed 

 half a mile apart. I had the last half-mile, and as 

 soon as I saw they had started I set off and got half 

 through my distance before they overtook me. The 



