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searched for Carlow's body, without success. On 

 hearing the report at the meet, he said nothing, and 

 had his day's hunting. Riding home in the evening, 

 he heard a horse galloping behind him, and, looking 

 round, saw Carlow coming down the road, had him 

 captured, and got him into Kilkenny. Knowing 

 that the horse was not fit, he had guessed, when he 

 heard the story of his death, that he was only 

 pumped out, and would come to in the night air. 

 This had actually happened, and Carlow had 

 wandered grazing through the country until he 

 heard a horse on the road near him, and followed 

 him. Mr. Flood rode him for years afterwards, and 

 said he was one of the best horses he had ever 

 owned. 



Mr. Jones of Mullinabro hunted for more than 

 fifty years in Kilkenny, bred a great many good 

 horses, and made them himself. He was a very 

 shrewd man, a clever agriculturist, a fine judge of 

 cattle, and a useful country gentleman. In old age 

 he was to be seen in the field with his three sons, 

 usually riding a four-year-old himself, and always a 

 well-bred one. He lived till long past eighty, and 

 was fresh and active up to the last. Lord Duncannon 

 (afterwards Earl of Bessborough) came out occasion- 

 ally, as also did Mr. John Walsh of Fanningstown, 

 at the southern end. Late in life the latter kept a 

 pack of harriers, and hunted the country between 

 Bessborough and Castle Morrcs. Mr. John Congrevc 

 of Mount Congrevc also came out at that end, as 

 did Mr. Briscoc of Tinvane. 



Mr. John Power of Gurtecn, usually called 



