CHAPTER IX 

 LORD NAAS, 1857-1863 



THE long line of Kildare men as Masters of 

 the Kildare Hunt was continued when, at a 

 meeting of the Club held at Naas on May 4, 

 1867, Lord Naas took over the hounds from Lord 

 Clonmell, with a guarantee of £iy6^o a year. At a 

 second meeting, held ten days later, in Dublin, 

 Baron de Robeck undertook the duties of Honorary 

 Treasurer, and for three years Lord Naas, who was 

 much occupied with political business, had the 

 invaluable assistance of that gentleman as manager 

 and as deputy in the field whenever he was called 

 away by those public duties during the hunting 

 season. Lord Naas had also the assistance of the 

 most zealous and energetic of Honorary Secretaries 

 in the person of Mr Robert Kennedy. The arrange- 

 ment was that the hounds should hunt three days a 

 week. I may here look forward for a few years to 

 note that there was never any difficulty of finance 



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