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meet at Houston, when it was very foggy, but there was a big field out. 

 They found their first fox in Gryffe Castle covert, and had a ringing sort 

 of run by Scart and Barlogan to Elphinstone, round by Wraes, but it was 

 very unsatisfactory owing to poor scent. There was a good deal of frost 

 and one or two stoppages during the earlier stages of this season, but on 

 26th November, after meeting at Lochwinnoch station, the hounds hunted 

 a fox from Barcraigs Bog over the Brownmuir side of Ayrshire down to 

 Woodside, and later another nice gallop was had from Mid Hartfield Moss. 



On the following Saturday, with Finlaystone as the meet, a good run 

 was had from Knockmountain over Barscube Hill and Mid Glen to 

 Elphinstone, thence by High Barlogan, this fox being run to ground just 

 beyond Napps Muir. Meeting at Craigends on 7th December the members 

 of the Hunt took the opportunity of making a presentation to Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. C. Cuninghame to mark the occasion of their recent marriage. This 

 was handed over by the Master, and took the form of a cornucopia exquis- 

 itely carved with designs symbolical of hunting from its origin to the present 

 day. It should be mentioned that Mr. Cuninghame was formerly a well- 

 known follower and a liberal supporter. Sport in the course of the afternoon 

 was not of a great order, although a brace of foxes were killed. The season 

 under discussion was seriously interrupted by the rigours of winter, and up 

 to the beginning of March no fewer than eleven fixtures had to be cancelled. 

 Saturday, 1st March, was, however, a red-letter day. Kilmacolm was the 

 meet, and after a very fast twenty-five minutes from Knockmountain the 

 hounds were stopped when making for Greenock Moor. The afternoon 

 fox was found in Wraes, and running by Cleaves, Botherickfield and Ennelly, 

 hounds crossed Napps Muir to go right through Duchal and away from here 

 over Slates Hill. This fine run was continued by Bardrainy and Midhill 

 to Finlaystone, and at the end of one and a half hours the fox was lost just 

 above Langbank. It afterwards transpired that this fox was coursed by a 

 collie dog into the River Clyde below West Ferry and was drowned. 



There was a meet at Milliken House on nth March, and a fox hunted 

 from the woodland here was killed on a bleaching green in Kilbarchan, the 

 incident creating much excitement in the village. Another fox was killed 

 near Muirshields after a brief spin from Hammerscraig Rocks. On 26th 

 March, with Bishopton as the rendezvous, followers were treated to a fine 

 day's sport. The run, occupying one hour and twenty minutes, and which 



