20 MEMOIR OF THE KILKENNY HUNT. 



was also in the habit of performing some curious 

 feats, a favourite one, which the informant of the 

 compiler often witnessed, being that of jumping his 

 horse over a stick resting at either end on the chain 

 back-bands of two carts " heeled up " opposite to 

 each other, the carts, however, being then much lower 

 than they now are. He was very fond of music, and 

 could play several instruments ; and in summer 

 would lie in bed half the day playing the flute or 

 whistling. He died in a cottage called Shamrock 

 Lodge, in the hills above Kilfane, which he had 

 rented from the compiler's father for several years, 

 and which still stands. He was said to have had an 

 extraordinary perception, if it can be so called, as to 

 the doings of hounds in covert, and an example of 

 this talent may be found in some lines given in 

 Appendix IX. They certainly carry no merit with 

 them beyond the description of the incident recorded. 

 Mr. Croker, a Limerick man, also hunted pretty 

 constantly with Mr. Power, as did Mr. George Fos- 

 bery, from the same county. He was a regular 

 visitor to Kilfane for a great number of years, and 

 was celebrated for the richness of his brogue. He 

 was at one time Master of Hounds in Limerick. 



