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most finished horsewoman over a country; and Miss 

 Fetherstonhaugh, a lady who hailed from West- 

 meath, and had the enviable reputation of being able 

 to keep a foremost place in every good run. There 

 are some who still recollect how she and Mr. Horace 

 Rochfort alone saw the finish of a very fine run from 

 Bishopslough, when the fox, running into a church- 

 yard, was killed on a tombstone ! She married 

 Colonel Arthur, who commanded the 3rd Dragoon 

 Guards. A gorse covert, now cut down, was called 

 after her " Fetherston's gorse," and was situated on 

 the hill on which the spectators stood in the " point- 

 to-point " race in 1896. 



Many good runs had their starting-point from 

 Fetherston's gorse. On one occasion the present 

 Mr. James Poe of Rose Hill was posted by Sir John 

 Power at a certain point to view the fox away. In- 

 stead of viewing a fox, however, he saw a hound 

 named Fancy, which had been walked by his uncle, 

 Captain Poe (a Peninsular and Waterloo veteran, who 

 lived at Rossmore, and was a great ally of both the 

 Sir Johns), and which he knew, feathering away on a 

 line. He holloaed, and Sir John came up, and asked 

 if he had viewed the fox. He was answered, and 

 was very indignant with Mr. Poe, who, however, 

 asked leave to ride after Fancy. Sir John gave him 

 permission, and expressed the hope that he might 

 break his neck ! Away he went, but he had not gone 

 far when he heard Sir John's horn going in his wake, 

 and he presently came up with the pack, hit the line, 

 overtook Fancy, and had a rare gallop into Kilfane 

 to ground. Needless to say that, at the conclusion, 



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