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may be mentioned as amongst his best : Finding at 

 the Punchbowl, hounds ran hard over Knocknamuck 

 Hill, passed Tullaroan on the right, and went as if 

 for Oldtown, but bearing left-handed, swept along 

 the bottoms under Knockroe, by Ballinamara, 

 Stannard's plantations, past Wellbrook, Leugh, and 

 into Barnaglissawney. All who know the country 

 will recognise what a fine line of grass was traversed 

 in this run, which was fast the whole way. 



In 1884 Captain Butson, from the County Galway, 

 became Master on Lord Desart's resignation. About 

 this time the pack was rather short, and the necessity 

 arose for procuring hounds, as getting puppies walked 

 was no easy matter. A chance of a strong draft, or 

 rather of a pack, from Tipperary occurring, Lord 

 Desart purchased it, and generously sold it to the 

 Hunt for half the sum he had paid for it, and thus 

 relieved the Hunt of a rather serious trouble. Captain 

 Butson, on John Tidd leaving, took the horn himself 

 his second season, with George Brown as kennel 

 huntsman, and with Tom Glasson and Tom Whelan 

 as whips. 



During Captain Butson's mastership the Hunt 

 funds had become much in debt, and it is but proper 

 that a tribute of thanks should be recorded for a very 

 munificent act on the part of the late Lord Clifden, 

 who was then hunting in the country, and who not 

 only gave a very large subscription to the Hunt, but 

 paid off a debt of ,550 which had accrued, and, in 

 addition, gave a further donation of 100 to the funds. 



In 1886 Captain Butson resigned, and Brown went 

 to the Blackmoor Vale as huntsman. The subscrip- 



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