HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



ambushed by William Aylmer, who was at the head 

 of a band of rebels in the district. Sir Fenton, how- 

 ever, had taken the precaution to send forward 

 four men as an advanced guard, of whom they 

 killed three, and in so doing disclosed the ambush 

 and enabled Sir Fenton to retire with the rest of 

 the company to Sallins. It was only after the cessa- 

 tion of the troubles of the Rebellion that fox- 

 hunting again became possible, and in my opinion 

 Sir Fenton 's mastership represents the beginning 

 of the continuous and organized fox-hunting in 

 Kildare which began after the '98 and is still 

 carried on with such success by the present Kildare 

 Hunt. 



A writer in the Sporting Magazine for 1832, 

 calling himself " Remembrancer," gives some few 

 details of information respecting the Kildare Hunt 

 under Sir Fenton's management which will be of 

 interest. 



It was in the later years of this gentleman's 

 management that I first saw them (the Kildare 

 Hounds) and they were then hunted by the cele- 

 brated John Grennon. What sources they had been 

 obtained from I was not at the pains to inquire, but 

 they were to all intents and purposes the English 

 foxhound but rather lighter and less bony than the 

 general run, and decidedly so in respect of the 

 Kilkenny. They were well appointed and horsed, 



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