popular with all classes of followers, but since his retirement from the all the members have at different times taken a prominent part in the sport. age he was to be found taking a very keen interest in the doings of hounds. when he relinquished office at the end of three years, but the gallant sports- The Lanarkshire and Renfrezvshire Hunt. 71 Mr. GEORGE BARCLAY. been recognised as one of the finest judges of foxhounds and harriers in the Than the Coats family this Hunt has no warmer supporters, and nearly some of the best seen out at this time. It was a matter of universal regret 72 The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt. the " shires " of England. It was, therefore, most gratifying when, in 1893, Major Andrew Coats One has to go back many years to find when Mr. George Barclay was siderably with his management of the hounds. Major Coats was at all years rolled on, his enthusiasm knew no bounds. Always a bold and fear- initiated into the glories of the sport he loves so well, for at a very early The instinct for foxhunting was veritably born within him, and as Mastership in 1901 he has been seldom seen out with the pack. Kingdom. Genial and courteous in the field, the Colonel at once became times especially well mounted, for he was a fine judge of a hunter, and owned agreed to take over the reins of office in succession to Sir David Buchanan, Renfrewshire hunting field, the esteem in which he was held grew con- and although he had for some time previously been a popular figure in the Major ANDREW GOATS, D.S.O. Major ANDREW COATS, D.S.O. Colonel T. S. G. H. ROBERTSON-AIKMAN. man still retains his fondness for hunting, and enjoys the sport chiefly in