MEMOIR OF THE KILKENNY HUNT. 67 



ran to Brown's wood, and took off the hounds at 

 dark. The turns threw out most of the field. The 

 dinner at the Club of supporters afterwards went 

 off well. Some thirty dined. A good deal of 

 speaking." 



" December 24th, Club-house. Knockroe blank. 

 Found at Oldtown, and ran straight and very fast to 

 BallykeefTe, about the wood a bit, broke near the 

 quarry, turned back, and was eaten. Found at 

 Sutcliffe's gorse, and broke quickly. Ran very fast, 

 as if for Castle Blunden, went again to the right, 

 then again to the left the old line but was headed 

 in the middle of a field. Ran very fast over 

 Ballyhendriken bottoms to Bonnetstovvn, over a very 

 stiff country, there lost a shoe, and pulled up, the 

 hounds having got at least two fields away from me. 

 They ran into Bonnetstown, turned to the left, ran 

 under Knockroe, and were taken off at Stannard's 

 farm at Ballydowel, near Ballinamara. The whip 

 went through with ' Tarn ' well ; Marum and Mr. 

 Sullivan also. Purslow got up at last, but was thrown 

 out at the turn at Ballyhendriken. No check." 



At the end of the season Lord James Butler re- 

 signed, and never hunted very much afterwards. He 

 was a singularly gifted man, with highly intellectual 

 tastes and much general information, and as a con- 

 versationalist shone much in society. He was a 

 remarkably fine, handsome man. He was succeeded 

 in 1856 by Lord St. Lawrence, the present Lord 

 Howth, who still keeps the saddle, and hunts at 

 Pau. During the five years he was in Kilkenny he 

 showed capital sport. A light-weight, a good rider, 



