HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



" He was naturally very much devoted to Mr 

 Wm La Touche whom he in some ways resembled, 

 and with whose methods of dealing with hounds 

 he was in full agreement. I once saw Stephen cry- 

 ing bitterly over the body of a favourite hound 

 which had been killed by accident. He said to Lord 

 Naas, who was standing by, * I will never praise a 

 hound again, my lord, for it is sure to be killed,' 

 * you know,' he added, * Mr La Touche never 

 does so, he only points.' I have tried hard to 

 ascertain if Stephen Goodall still lives (1910), 

 but without success, as I am much indebted 

 to him, for I followed his good advice, ' never 

 hit a hound or a child, and they will obey you by 

 love.' "* 



One very dramatic moment in Goodall's life at 

 Palmerstown I myself remember. He was returning 

 in the evening of a summer day to his house across 

 the yard, when he saw a famous bitch hound of the 

 pack with his own baby in its mouth. The child, 

 which was only a few months old, had been left 

 unguarded, and the hound had seized it and was 

 taking it to her puppies. Goodall rescued the child, 

 which was quite unhurt, went into his house for a 

 gun and shot the bitch. My father, who was away at 



* It was stated in the Field hunting supplement in the winter 

 of 191 1-12 that Stephen Goodall was then active at the age of 

 ninety. — Mayo. 



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