MEMOIR OF THE KILKENNY HUNT. 49 



standing the train oil and sulphur ! He then went 

 on to Curraghmore, and afterwards to Castle Martyr, 

 to see Lord Shannon's hounds, and while he was 

 there Sir John Power turned up with a hound which 

 he had brought dow r n all the way from Kilkenny. 



Having said so much with regard to Sir John, it 

 seems fitting to give some description of his field. 

 Mr. Bayly and Sir Wheeler Cuffe still came out, and 

 some of the older members of the field already men- 

 tioned. Sir Richard Cox of Castlctown hunted 

 during the earlier part of Sir John's mastership, and 

 was a very fine rider, with a beautiful seat ; and his 

 brother Henry also hunted. William and Robert 

 Stannard were fine riders, the former a very finished 

 horseman (who for a bet, on one occasion, rode 

 several miles across country with a half-crown under 

 each foot), and his brother Robert a regular thruster, 

 albeit a tall, heavy man. He hunted and rode very 

 hard up to a late period of life, and died a few years 

 back at a great age. Clayton Savage and his brother, 

 William Bayly, were both hard men. The former 

 hunted all his life in Kilkenny, in fact for upwards of 

 forty years, and was a great friend of the second Sir 

 John. Then there were John and Harry Baker of 

 Kilcoran. The latter was a great character. At 

 Kilcoran was a celebrated fox, called the " black- 

 fox," from his being very dark. He afforded many 

 runs, though none very straight ; but he invariably 

 beat hounds, and seemed to possess a charmed life. 

 Mr. Harry Baker used, after dinner, to wax very- 

 eloquent about the black fox, and swear there were 

 none like him. Eventually it was agreed that, on 



