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as possible confined to their connection with foxhunting. MEET AT BAROCHAN (1884). The Lanarkshire and Renfrezvshire Hunt. 57 MEET AT BAROGHAN. The closing meet of season 1883- 1884 was held at Barochan on 4th April, and there was a numerous gathering of well-known followers of that time. Many of those in the group are now almost forgotten, but Sir David Buchanan, Mr. G. J. Kidston, Lord Glentanar, Mr. R. A. King, Mr. R. Monteith, Mr. Jasper Howat, Mr. J. Wallace (" Crop and Spurs "), Mr. Brownlee, Mr. Rodgers, The Countess of Eglinton, Mr. Edward Collins, Mr. A. W. Finlayson, Mr. James Birkmyre, Colonel J. M. Forrester, Mr. Pringle, Mr. L. Watson, Mr. Norman Clark, Mr. George Clark, and Mr. John Harvey — all of whom have since joined the great majority — can be recognised. There were also present : — Lady Theresa Cross, Mr. T. G. Wotherspoon, Miss Watson, Mr. William Allan Coats, Miss Margaret Coats, Miss Hoggan, and Mr. Andrew Scott. In the centre of the picture is old Gavin Scott, who as gamekeeper on the estate was an ardent fox preserver for many years. The Hunt staff were : — Harry Judd (huntsman), Fred Powell (first whip), and Jim Judd (second whip). The photograph was taken by C. Reid of Wishaw. 58 The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt. POINT-TO-POINT RAGES. Point-to-point races form a popular institution with nearly every recognised Hunt in the kingdom, and in Renfrewshire a meeting was held as far back as 1865, or even earlier. Some of the oldest inhabitants in the Houston district can recall the time when the course had its starting point near Cleaves and the riders wore racing colours. Reasons cropped up at

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