HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



" Ran three times from Three Castles to Kil- 

 bride and back, and after hunting the fox three 

 hours killed in the open." 



Finally, on April lo, 



" Ran from Kerdiffstown very fast to ground in 

 Furnace. Ran from Eadstown close to Forenaughts 

 then to ground in Giltown. So ends a good season." 



There was still no lack of foxes in the autumn 

 hunting of 185 1. Thus in October of that year is an 

 entry. 



"17th. Killed two foxes in Tallaght Hill Covert. 

 Ran two foxes to ground in Coolmine Court, 

 another into the glen and back again; foxes in all 

 directions." Sport, however, continued good. Here 

 is a record of some exhilarating bursts on Decem- 

 ber 27: 



" Ran from Devies to ground in six minutes as 

 fast as hounds could go. Ran from Nine Tree Hill 

 to ground near Ballyshannon as good a twenty two 

 minutes as hounds ever went." 



I read an outline of a run on January 22, 1852, 

 which Kildare riders can easily fill out into a 

 moving story. 



" Ran from Giltown close to Coldwells and Cry- 

 help then close to Copelands; then Whitestown and 

 the fox lay down in the old covert of Castleruddery. 

 We then saw him among the hounds and he beat us 

 to ground. The best run I ever saw; one hour and 

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