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extending in another direction to Caldwell. It may be here mentioned 

 that hounds seldom went near the Ayrshire border, although they used to 

 draw as far as Auchengrange and Barcraigs. I can recall one occasion when 

 this pack was passing over Barcraigs Bog— where the reservoir is now 

 situated — the Eglinton hounds were at the same time making investigations 

 through the adjacent Brownmuir Wood, and the sharp and shrill notes of 

 Beavan's horn contrasted strangely with the deep mellow tones of that used 

 by the Renfrewshire huntsman. It may here be interesting to give a brief 

 list of the best known followers during the 'nineties : — The late Lord Glen- 

 tanar, Lord Glenarthur, Sir T. Glen Coats, Bart., the late Mr. G. J. Kidston, 

 the late Mr. Edward Collins, Mr. John Cochran, Mr. David Cross, Mr. 

 Archibald Walker, Major Andrew Coats, Mr. T. G. Wotherspoon, Major 

 H. B. Collins, Mr. W. J. Finlayson, the late Mr. R. Osborne, the late Colonel 

 Shanks, Mr. James Kennedy, the late Mr. R. Collins, Mr. G. Barclay, the 

 late Mr. J. J. Barclay, the late Mr. A. Glen Kidston, the late Mr. A. H. 

 Renshaw, Mr. N. B. Stewart, Mr. Andrew Hunter, the late Mr. M. Green- 

 lees, Mr. G. H. Wallace, the late Mr. Alexander Fullerton, the late Mr. 

 Malcolm B. Thomson, Mr. Andrew M'Nab, Colonel Robertson-Aikman, 

 Mr. K. H. M. Connal, Mr. Thomas Cross, Mr. Thomas W. Hamilton, 

 Mr. A. C. M'Laurin, Mr. R. M'Laurin, Mr. John A. Holms, Mr. J. G. 

 Stewart, Mr. P. J. Stirling, Mr. W. Fleming, Mr. J. G. Fleming, Mr. P. 

 Stuart Brown, Mr. C. Donaldson, the late Mr. James Coats, Mr. W. A. 

 Coats, Mr. C. M. Collins, Mr. John Cross, Mr. A. F. Donaldson, Mr. 

 H. R. Cayzer, Mr. A. R. Fraser, Mr. C. K. Finlayson, Mr. John Bell, the 

 late Mr. W. Taylor, Mr. Alex. Jebb, Mr. J. Neil M'Neill, Mr. W. S. A. 

 Neilson, the late Mr. J. S. Tullis, the late Mr. James Birkmyre, Major 

 Andrew Coats, Mr. P. Kerr Smiley, Mr. G. L. Wilson, Mr. A. H. Jebb, 

 Major W. H. Goff, Mr. H. S. Macpherson, Mr. A. M'Kinlay, Mr. 

 J. C. Marshall, Dr. W. Wallace, and the late Mr. W. M. Wilson. Ladies 

 were represented by : — Lady Bine Renshaw, Lady Jellicoe, Mrs. G. Barclay, 

 Mrs. N. B. Stewart, Mrs. H. B. Collins, Mrs. A. M'Nab, Mrs. Tullis, 

 Mrs. H. Ogilvie, Miss C. Holms, Miss Orr, Miss Marjory Renshaw, Miss 

 Fergusson-Pollok, and others. 



After a term of Mastership extending over forty-three years Sir David 

 Buchanan found it necessary, owing to advancing age, to relinquish the 

 command in 1893, and he was succeeded by Major Andrew Coats. This 



