HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



of every week of his life he spent in the kennel. 

 What he spent in buying sire hounds, or sending 

 others to England, I do not know, but I do know 

 that he never allowed me to contribute one 

 farthing and he bred so successfully that I well 

 recollect after keeping all the hounds we required 

 in one year, we sent away three drafts to different 

 packs in Ireland. No Master of hounds ever 

 enjoyed my advantages, and such a lover of hounds 

 as Wm La Touche we shall never see again, and it 

 is now we know his loss. Requiescat in pace, "^^ 



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