HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



" A good day's sport at Bray; found in Dollards- 

 town and had a good hour's hunting and lost him 

 near Knockrow, owing to some dogs hunting him. 

 Drew Welsh's, found a mangy fox and ran very hard 

 in cover for half an hour, went away, and ran into 

 him about half a mile from the cover. Drew Moone 

 blank and on to Nine Tree Hill, found again with 

 a blazing scent, a ring round the cover away to 

 Narraghmore Wood, through it straight for Halvers- 

 town, turned to the right across Blackrath close past 

 Mr Bonham's cover and ran him to ground at 

 Hatfield; a good field out this day. 



" Saturday, Castlebagot blank and Tallaght. 

 Found in Verschoyle's plantations in the same bit 

 of gorse we found in the day your lordship was 

 out, ran down into the glen and turned to the right, 

 close past Saggart, a ring and back into the 

 mountains where he beat us again. I think it 

 was the same fox that we hunted from Tallaght 

 Hill before. 



" The puppies are doing very well that I got in 

 lately. They ran tremendous hard for 25 minutes. 

 We found a very mangy fox at Johnstown and 

 killed him afterwards at Sir Edward's. Found 

 another fox late in the evening at Kilteel, but could 

 do no good with him having stole away from 

 the cover unseen. This was a bitter cold day and 

 have the honour to be your lordship's obedient 

 servant, 



'' S. GOODALL." 



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