56 MEMOIR OF THE KILKENNY HUNT. 



piler that, in or about the year 1845, there were 

 stabled in Kilkenny and the surrounding district as 

 many as 200 horses belonging to visitors. As many 

 as 150 red coats have been counted at one covert 

 side. 



In the latter portion of Sir John's mastership there 

 were Mr. Bryan of Jenkinstown, Mr. Warren (a very 

 hard rider), Mr. Lambert of Dysertmore, Mr. Flood 

 of Paulstown, Mr. Lalor of Cregg (a light-weight and 

 quick man with hounds, always well mounted), Mr. 

 James Foe, happily still amongst us, and taking as 

 keen an interest in the chase as ever ; Mr. William 

 Madden Glascott of Alderton, in County Wexford, 

 who, indeed, may be said to have occasionally hunted 

 with Sir John Power during the whole of his master- 

 ship, and who was a very hard man with hounds, a 

 coursing man, and a good sportsman in every way. 

 He died within the last few years, aged eighty-eight. 

 Besides these were the officers of the /th Hussars, 

 quartered in Kilkenny during the last fe\v years Sir 

 John kept the hounds. Amongst them was the 

 present Duke of Beaufort then Lord Worcester ; 

 the present Lord Howth -then Lord St. Lawrence ; 

 and other good sportsmen. There are many others, 

 no doubt, who should appear in the list of Sir John 

 Power's field ; but we must now turn to the fair sex, 

 and here the task is an easy one, for, broadly speak- 

 ing, ladies did not then grace the field, though, no 

 doubt, some may have been riding spectators from 

 the road. However, there were two who made them- 

 selves conspicuous by their good riding, viz., Lady 

 Dcsart, who happily still survives, and who was a 



