68 MEMOIR OF THE KILKENNY HUNT. 



always well mounted, and devoted to hunting being, 

 indeed, bred to it he was bound to succeed, and 

 during his regime the Kilkennies prospered. 



After the resignation of Sir John Power, Club 

 meetings had become fewer, and the field consider- 

 ably lessened. Matters, in fact, had got into low 

 water to some extent ; but on Lord St. Lawrence's 

 advent there was a decided revival, Lord Howth and 

 Lord Clanricarde, both capital men across country, 

 coming down to hunt, together with some other 

 visitors. Mr. Robert Watson also came down from 

 Carlow from time to time, with his pack, to keep the 

 ball rolling. Lord St. Lawrence had as his first 

 huntsman George Jones, and afterwards Pat Cody; 

 and as first whip he had Jem Monahan, who after- 

 wards became a trainer at the Curragh, and rode 

 many good races. During his mastership, Lord St. 

 Lawrence occupied a house at the corner of James's 

 Green, near the railway station, Kilkenny ; but much 

 of his time was spent at Kilfane and elsewhere in the 

 county. 



Some good sport marked Lord St. Lawrence's first 

 season, of which the two following days are speci- 

 mens : 



"Jan. I2th, 1857. Met at Kilmanagh. Found at 

 Killeen, and ran hard in the direction of Kilcooly. 

 Turning down to the Munster River, which forms the 

 boundary between the counties of Kilkenny and 

 Tipperary, hounds ran fast down its bank to Shipton, 

 through Pottlerath, but turning there, made a wide 

 ring by Oldtown, and back to Killccn. Here it was 

 conjectured that a change of foxes might have taken 



