CHAPTER VII 



MR. GUBBINS AND GALTEE MORE 



Before dealing more fully with the period of 

 Galtee More, I should like to tell my readers 

 something about Mr. Gubbins, for few who only 

 knew him in his later days, when he was a martyr 

 to gout, have any idea what manner of man he once 

 was. 



His house at Bruree was full of trophies and 



mementoes of sport, for indeed he was a very 



fine horseman. In 1870 he won the 



Mr. Gubbins 



a great Downshire Plate, three miles over 

 Punchestown, on Mr. J. D. Whyte's 

 chestnut horse Fairyland, by Gamekeeper, 

 with 13 st. 8 lb. in the saddle, and in the following 

 year he was second out of fifteen runners in the 

 same race, on his own horse Salute, and poor 

 Harry Linde third, on his own horse Blackbird. 



In 1883 he rode a brown gelding of his own, 

 " D. P. S./' 15 St. 8 lb., in the Welter Cup of the 

 Down Royal Meeting, over the Maze course, and 

 won. He was taking something on, too, for Mr. 



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