MR O'CONNOR HENCHY, 1846-1847 



KiLDARE Hunt Steeplechases, Punches- 

 town Course 



March 28, 1853 



Corinthian Cup — Free Handicap of 5 sovs. 

 each, with a piece of Plate value ,£50 added, for 

 horses the property of Members of the Kildare 

 Hunt, Sackville Street, or the United Service 

 Clubs, or for horses the property of officers quar- 

 tered in the Dublin district. Horses to have been 

 hunted during the season 1852-53 in the counties 

 of DubHn and Kildare, and to be ridden by Mem- 

 bers of the above clubs, or by officers on full pay 

 in the Army or Navy. Three miles. 

 Mr Wilkins's (nth Hussars), ch. g. The Squire, 



by Welcome, aged, 1 1 st. 1 1 lb. (Owner) i 



Lord Howth's ch. g. Poacher, aged, 12 st. 2 lb. 



(Mr Trench Nugent) 2 



Mr C. Lyons (52nd Regt) ns. gr. g. Don Juan, 



aged, 12 St. 8 lb. (Hon. W. H. Hutchinson) 3 

 Mr C. Roche's ch. g. Cavalier, aged, 12 st. (Mr 



Warburton) o 



Seventeen ran. 



Won by a neck. Half a length between second and 

 third. 



It would be superfluous here to say anything of the 

 Punchestown meetings of succeeding years, a sub- 

 ject which falls outside the scope of our undertaking. 

 But I think the winners of the Kildare Hunt Cup 

 since its institution in 1836 may be worth recording. 



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