LORD NAAS, 1857-1862 



" Found Three Castles, went away well along 

 the hills, crossed high road at Coogans and on 

 towards Punchbowl to ground near large fence. 

 Dug him out while we drew Downshire blank; came 

 back, bolted him and ran to Kilbride through it 

 to Three Castles, where we lost. A long day.'* 



The season of i860 opened with a large gathering 

 at Johnstown Inn on November 6, and what the 

 Baron describes as " a famous day for the ladies," 

 with short runs about Kerdiffstown, Palmerstown, 

 Bishopscourt and Forenaughts; but the hunting 

 throughout the month was indifferent. There was 

 a fortnight of extremely bad scenting weather fol- 

 lowed by thick fog, frost and heavy rain at every 

 appointment, one or the other spoiling such sport 

 as a find promised. December opened better, 

 though it was a pouring day on the ist with the 

 meet at Rathcoole. A find at Tallaght Hill, how- 

 ever, provided a long hunting run over the moun- 

 tains for two hours and a half, ending in a loss by 

 reason of the excessive wet. Verschoyle's planta- 

 tion then yielded a fox, which broke away in beau- 

 tiful style with the hounds and gave a sharp thirty 

 minutes till the dusk, when hounds were called off. 

 On December 8 they found in Newberry, ran 

 through Harristown, turned far end of Newberry, 

 headed as if for Greenhills, turned back into New- 

 berry, and through Harristown by Stonebrook 



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