LORD NAAS, 1857-1862 



what became of the fox. It was a very fine run, 

 must have been upwards of twelve miles." 



This is a short description of the famous run 

 from Baltiboys, and I am fortunate in getting a 

 more detailed account of it from Mr Robert Ken- 

 nedy. 



" It was good," he writes, " to see Bryan 

 Flanagan, the oldest and best of earthstoppers, 

 waving his hat and cheering as the hounds streamed 

 out, not moved out, on their fox over the Caureen 

 Hill; the Baron on his famous grey horse close by, 

 and gallant Johnny Conolly well on the right and 

 going straight as an arrow down close to Punchbowl 

 old covert, no Tinode in those days, and straight 

 way towards Slievethoul Hill. Will anyone who saw 

 it ever forget, when there was a moment's pause on 

 the road just before the hill was reached, seeing the 

 great hound ' Stormer * jump the wall of the road 

 without touching it, going across the field, jump 

 the furze on the fence into the plantations, and as 

 he landed, showing us all that he had the line. That 

 line left Johnstown half a mile on the left and over a 

 fine country, close to Saggart village, and here ' the 

 foremost horseman rode alone ' great Stephen 

 Goodall, and he nearly got to Rathfarnham before 

 he found the hounds. He always told me that he 

 believed the fox escaped, ' and might have got to 

 Grafton Street in Dublin.' 



" The Baltiboys run had that one flaw, the fox 



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