HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Lord H. Bentinck's Tomboy, which he is said to 

 have considered the best hound in England. 



Sir M. White Ridley's pack was bought from 

 Lord Galway when he gave up the Rufford in 

 1838. They had much of the Osbaldestone blood in 

 them. The sale in June, 1845, realized £773 3s. for 

 forty-two couples of hounds and including brood 

 bitches and whelps. 



Mr Percy La Touche tells me, as illustrating the 

 immense care that his uncle took with the breeding 

 and choice of sires, that he was once told by Frank 

 Goodall that when his father, the famous Will 

 Goodall, died, he found sheaves of letters from 

 Mr Wm La Touche with inquiries concerning 

 hounds, their performance and pedigrees, all of 

 which Will Goodall had treasured during his life- 

 time. 



Mr Robert Kennedy also remembers an interest- 

 ing trait of this famous sportsman. Long after he 

 had given up riding to hounds he was always eager 

 to hear of the incidents of each day's hunting, and 

 it was Mr Kennedy's custom to call when in Dub- 

 lin and give Mr La Touche at the bank* an account 

 of any run he had seen. There was, however, one 

 very important condition which was understood 

 when Mr Kennedy began his story. As soon as the 

 run was mentioned Mr La Touche 's invariable 



*La Touche's Bank, at the top of Cork Hill, Dublin. 

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