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Garrett Moore was second. In the same year, at 

 Cork, Mr. Gubbins and " D. P. S." were again 

 successful, this time with 15 st. 7 lb., beating 

 Captain Kirkwood on Blackbird and three others. 

 In the 'eighties Mr. Gubbins was hunting 

 from Grantham, and won the Ladies' Purse at 

 Melton with one of his hunters, Hussar, ridden by 

 Major Amcotts. A memento of these Grantham 

 days hung on the Bruree smoldng-room wall. It 

 was a Brush on a Shield, with the following inscrip- 

 tion : 



" Presented to Mr. John Gubbins, December 2, 

 1887, after a brilliant 45 minutes with the Belvoir 

 Hounds. Mr. Gubbins, in the name of the Duke of 

 Rutland and the members of the Belvoir Hunt, 

 I present you with this Brush, and bid you a hearty 

 welcome to our Country. 



" Frank Gillard, 



" Huntsman.^' 



No sportsman could ever wish for a better 



credential than the above, and with it I pass on to 



g Mr. Gubbins as he was when I trained 



More and for him. His paddocks at Knockany 

 his name i i i p t. 



and the home farm at Bruree comprise 



some of the finest land in Ireland, and his stud 



groom, Mike Burns, was as knowledgeable as they 



