SIR JOHN KENNEDY, 1814-1841 



situated in Norfolk, but who married a Gal way 

 lady, Miss Blakeney, and hunted for many years in 

 Kildare. Mr Cator always had superb horses, rode 

 fully seventeen stone, and it was held an almost 

 terrifying sight to see him and Mr E. Lawless, 

 afterwards Lord Cloncurry, ride against each other. 

 The last-named gentleman was held as one of the 

 best welter weights who ever rode in Kildare. 

 He, too, rode over seventeen stone, but was very 

 hard to catch. He was an enthusiastic supporter of 

 hunting and went to a great expense in coping the 

 extensive walls round Lyons, in order to prevent 

 foxes getting in, as he declared he would rather lose 

 his right hand than have a fox killed by his keepers. 

 After coping the walls, he made a good fox covert 

 outside the demesne. 



Other very hard riders were Mr Carter of Castle- 

 martin and Mr Medlicott of Dunmurrey. The 

 gentleman last named, indeed, was accustomed to 

 fix his eyes on the hounds and look at nothing else, 

 and was once seen to take a thick high hedge within 

 a few perches of an open gate. 



The list of the earlier elected members of the 

 Hunt contains other names which call for a passing 

 mention at least. Lord Rossmore of the list was the 

 second Baron, and I think it highly probable that as 

 a young man he kept hounds himself, as he is the 

 principal figure in two very fine paintings belong- 

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