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lough held a fox not unlikely the same fox as 

 afforded the run two days previously which went 

 away the same line nearly to Gowran, which he left 

 on his right, and went straight on to Flagmount, 

 which he reached in forty-nine minutes, just in front 

 of the pack. Here a change of foxes occurred, and 

 hounds ran to Castlewarren and back, but getting 

 on to the original fox, killed him. 



On November I3th, 1878, Colonel Chaplin had a 

 good run from Clara, over Freestone Hill, across the 

 Dublin road, and on past Clashwilliam. Ran close 

 to Bishopslough, turned right-handed, came through 

 Blanchfield and Clifden bottoms, and marked to 

 ground in Leyrath. The following January he had 

 a very fine run from Butler's wood by Windgap, 

 close to Wynne's gorse, passed Owning covert, and 

 by Kilmacoliver into Castletown, where hounds were 

 stopped in the dark. 



In 1880 Colonel Chaplin resigned, and was re- 

 placed by Captain Hartopp, a very fine rider, though 

 a \vclter. There were some fine runs in his first 

 season, though part of the country was short of 

 foxes. He retained John Tidd as huntsman, and had 

 Stephen Smith and Ben Capell (late huntsman to 

 the Blankney, and now huntsman to the Belvoir) as 

 first and second whips. Smith left at the end of 

 Captain Hartopp's first season, and Dan Carroll 

 came as second whip. 



About the best run during Captain Ilartopp's 

 mastership was from Gowran. Going away on the 

 western side of the demesne, a very stout fox took a 

 good line nearly up to Bishopslough, but bore right- 



