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Scots Greys, commanding the cavalry brigade. The 

 Scots Greys, the Queen's Bays, and, I think, the 

 4th Light Dragoons were quartered there at the 

 same time. Lord Bessborough was Lord- Lieutenant 

 in those days. 



We hunted with the Garrison Staghounds, Cap- 

 tain Armit their master. Felton Harvey, my sub., 

 succeeded him as master some years after. 



At that time there were no Meath Hounds, and 

 no coverts in the Meath country. It was hunted by 

 the Ward Union Staghounds. I hunted chiefly with 

 the Kildare Foxhounds. The master was O'Connor 

 Henchy ; Jack Glover, huntsman, who had formerly 

 been with Walker in Fife, a slow man ; and Philip 

 Tocock was whipper-in. 



One of the best fellows was the late Lord Mayo, 

 who was murdered when Governor of India. Old 

 Sir John Kennedy and Lord Clonmel and I were 

 great friends. I went occasionally to the Kilkenny 

 Hounds. Sir John Power was master ; Mike But- 

 ler, huntsman ; and Stephen Goodall, whipper-in. 

 He afterwards came as kennel huntsman to me in 

 the Atherstone country. Sometimes with the Car- 

 low and Island. Robert Watson was hunting them 

 then, and is doing so still (1903), having hunted the 

 hounds for fifty-seven years. 



One day with the Kildare, O'Connor Henchy put 

 his horse at a big bank, but he made a mess of it, 

 and he was falling off when my horse put his head 

 Between his leg and the saddle. I put my arm round 



his waist, and he roared like anything. " All right," 



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