HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



think it may be assumed that in taking the hounds 

 a second time at short notice Sir Fenton Aylmer 

 performed a service of great value to the Hunt, and 

 at very considerable cost to himself. The efficient 

 discharge of the duties of M.F.H. in a country like 

 the Kildare is a tax upon the time and energy of any 

 Master, apart altogether from the strain upon his 

 purse, and when, as I learn from Mr Hans Aylmer, 

 there was the added difficulty of poor health in Sir 

 Fenton's case, the sacrifice was all the greater on his 

 part. His filling of the gap caused by the resignation 

 of Mr Henry in 1812, and the efficient discharge of 

 the duties he so generously undertook at a moment 

 of difficulty was a public-spirited action which cer- 

 tainly deserves recognition in any record of the 

 Kildare Hunt. 



Under his second reign there is every indication 

 that the Club progressed in all prosperity, the elec- 

 tions continually added new names to the Club 

 list, and it seems clear that building operations 

 were undertaken on a considerable scale, for on 

 January 28 I find that Sir Fenton, Sir Wm Hort 

 and Mr A. Henry were asked to act as a Committee 

 " to examine the accounts of Abraham Tyrrell, the 

 contractor, for building the kennel, and to report 

 their proceedings to the Hunt, who are requested 

 to meet at Johnstown on Monday the 8th March 

 next." The result of their examination was unfor- 



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