i88 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



KILDARE AND PUNCHESTOWN, 1895 



Tuesday, 2yd April. — The Irish Military Hunters Plate 

 OF 150 Sovs. 3| Miles 



Major Scott's Wellington, ped. unknown, 6 yrs., 11 st. 



3 lb. . . . . . Owner i 



Capt. F. E. Bald's Chivalry, 4 yrs., 11 st. 4 lb. Owner 2 



Mr A. Kennedy's The Kitten, 5 yrs., 11 st. 4 lb. Owner 3 

 Capt. Barclay's Lady Alice, aged, 12 st. 9 lb. 



Capt. Hughes Onslow o 



Capt. Cole's Katherine, 6 yrs., 11 st. 13 lb. Owner o 



Major. B. Creagh's Silvermere, aged, 11 st. 13 lb. Owner o 



Major Fisher's Tramore, aged, 11 st. 13 lb. Mr Curzon o 



Capt. Fielder's Outlaw H., aged, 11 st. 13 lb. Owner o 



Mr R. K. Farrant's Lady Nell, aged, 11 st. 13 lb. 



Capt. Bidgood o 

 Capt. Murray's Queen of Diamonds, 6 yi-s., 12 st. 



Mr Elley o 

 Mr T. Pitt's St George, 5 j^rs., 11 st. 4 lb., carries 11 st, 8 lb. 



Owner o 



Mr G. Weldon's Honey, 6 yrs., 11 st. 13 lb. Owner o 



Mr F. H. Wise's Gamester, aged, 12 st. 9 lb. Owner o 



Betting 3 to i against Lady Alice ; 5 to i against 

 Chivalry; 6 to i against Wellington 



Won by five lengths. Bad third 



I believe most men can look back on some achieve- 

 ment consummated not by luck, but against it. I 

 recall the case where Paddy Fowler's son pulled 

 the match playing for Eton v. Harrow out of the 

 fire by a display of nerve and batting that is a by- 

 word at Eton to this day. I forget the score as it 

 stood when young Fowler went in, but well over a 

 hundred was required ; these runs he put up with 



