Henry, Third Marquis of Waterford 



left at his antagonist, who guarded rather wildly, when the 

 Marquis stepped in with his right, driving home a blow so 

 shrewd that none other was required. " I always find that 

 the best way," he said quietly. " They're sure to expect a 

 lot of sparring and nonsense, and when attacked at once, are 

 a bit abroad. The feint with the left generally gives an 

 opening." 



Many other stories of the Marquis, redounding to his credit, 

 are related by the same gentleman in his all too short introduc- 

 tion to the hunting journal already mentioned. How the 

 pheasants were killed down in the famine year, Lord Water- 

 ford saying he'd make soup of them, and buy meal for 

 mankind and not for the birds ; of his behaviour in Smith 

 O'Brien's time, when he formed a band of loyalists and 

 dispersed the rebels whenever they got together ; how he 

 fortified Curraghmore and sheltered his more timorous neigh- 

 bours ; how Lord Bessborough bore testimony to his ability 

 as a public speaker when the spirit moved him ; how he was 

 the prop of law and order in the county and the mainstay of 

 loyalty ; how he took up stock breeding and farming with a 

 zest and thoroughness that astonished everybody, and stimu- 

 lated agriculture in the neighbourhood ; how he was feared 

 when evil counsels prevailed and times were bad ; and finally 

 how he was beloved and almost worshipped by his people 

 when the tide turned, and they recognized all he had done 

 and was doing for them. 



In the middle of March, 1859, just fifteen days before 

 his death, he being at Liverpool at the time to see his 

 horse Ace of Hearts run in the Grand National of that year, 

 Lord Waterford's hounds enjoyed one of the finest runs 

 ever seen in the County Kilkenny, the fox going to ground 

 at the end of two hours and twenty minutes, during which 



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