GLASGOW TO CAPELLIE. 2^ 



Colonel Buchanan lias been the master for fifteen 

 seasons, and succeeded Mr. Merry, who in his turn 

 succeeded Lord Glasgow. There are from fifty to 

 sixty in the field generally^ and nearly half of them in 

 pink, and some very hard riders amongst them. 

 Saturday is the great day on the Caldwell and Loeh- 

 winnocli side of the county, as it is within reach of 

 the Eglinton Hunt men, and the Glasgow men are 

 at leisure. 



The greatest difficulty that a huntsman has to con- 

 tend with are the bogs and the roe deer. The hounds 

 enjoy the scent so much that they will change from 

 fox and go off for a mile or two, and the bogs 

 make it very difiicult riding to head them. Old 

 hounds are nearly as bad as the one-season hounds 

 under this temptation, but they are more easily 

 stopped. Left to themselves they would cut up a 

 roe deer in about twenty minutes. There were about 

 31t^ couple of hounds in kennel, principally drafts 

 from the South Oxfordshire, the Pytchley, and the 

 Cheshire. About twelve to fifteen couple of puppies 

 arc sent out each year, and Squires has now 5^ couple 

 in kennel of his own breeding. Governor, Stream er> 

 and Dilio'ence amonsr the five-season, Pvtchlev Fear- 

 less among the four, and Chaser, Amazon, Welcome, 

 and Lictor, the last-named by North Staffordshire 

 Comus, are leaders among the three-season hounds, 

 while a one-season entry of five by Pytchley Marplot 

 from Nightshade have " taken to it like old ones.^' 

 The kennels were rather humble-looking; but a new 



