HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



" It was on the 15th November 1810," writes 

 this gentleman, " that we first found that so cele- 

 brated Longueville Fox called by Captain Porter, 

 an ardent and regular English sportsman, ' Spank- 

 ing Jack,* the day we ran him to Laurentium, the 

 seat of Arthur Gethin Creagh, Esqr., beyond Done- 

 raile about thirteen English miles without the 

 slightest check, and a slapping pace all the while. 

 He then doubled back and got into the park at 

 Doneraile, and owing to the vice of some young 

 hounds, we were obliged to draw off the pack and 

 lost him on this day. 



*' In about a fortnight after, we found him 

 about the same spot in the demesne of Longue- 

 ville, viz. in a large turnip field. He took on this 

 occasion a different country altogether, and having 

 run through some seven parishes right on end, and 

 after as severe a chase as ever I remember, of thirty 

 English miles at least, we saved him alive in the 

 presence of every member of the Hunt, all being 

 well up, hounds, horses and riders moving in a 

 steady, compact body through the entire work, 

 which I can safely impart to you was one of the 

 prettiest things it has been my good fortune to 

 witness. The seven parishes were Ballyclough, 

 Kilshanick, Mallow, Monvally, Raheen, Glenville, 

 and Monemeny. He was saved in the middle of a 

 wild heath. On this day Mr Beechey was in the 

 county Kilkenny hunting, as I heard, with the 

 Kilfane hounds, and his brother was the manager. 

 When old Colonel Wrixon rode up, the manager 

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