68 The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt. 



The Late Sir DAVID C. R. CARRICK-BUCHANAN, K.C.B. 



Although not altogether the father of foxhunting in Lanarkshire and 

 Renfrewshire, Sir David Buchanan can certainly be reckoned to have done 

 more than anyone towards the furtherance of the sport in the two counties, 

 his long Mastership being marked with unstinted liberality and sound 

 judgment. Sir David was born in 1825, and, when quite a youth, displayed 

 high abilities as a horseman and a great liking for the glories of the hunting 

 field, so that when he took over the hounds in 1850 he was generally voted 

 the right man for the position. His enthusiasm was at all times particularly 

 strong, and he was not slow in recognising room for improvement both in 

 the breed of the hounds and other matters concerning the Hunt, doing all 

 in his power to bring everything up to a high standard of excellence. When 

 known as Colonel Buchanan, he owned the Finlaystone and Auchinbothie 

 estates, and he also possessed the greater portion of the country then hunted 

 by the pack in Lanarkshire. 



By way of showing his ardent desire for sport at all times, it may be 

 recalled that when, as a young man, he was quartered with his regiment in 

 Ireland, the Colonel had a pack of foxhounds and hunted them himself. 



Exceptionally quick in realising the good points of a hound, he was 

 always keenly interested in how the pack worked in the field, and in his 

 best days was invariably to the fore in a fast run. At the closing meet of 

 season 1892-1893, held at Finlaystone, the members of the Hunt marked 

 their appreciation of an honourable Mastership of forty-three years. The 

 worthy sportsman was the laird of Glencarradale in Argyllshire, and 

 Corsewall near Stranraer, where he resided occasionally ; but he lived 

 principally at his Lanarkshire residence, Drumpellier, where he passed away 

 on 8th February, 1904. 



