LORD NAAS, 1857-1862 



away again straight for Punchestown by Dowders- 

 town, on again over Punchestown course back to 

 Elverstown and on towards Downshire and killed 

 in a small planting, a capital run of one hour and 

 ten minutes. Drew Millicent, went away fast 

 across Kearney's farm and across Swordlestown to 

 Punchestown and on to within a field of Elvers- 

 town, turned and went straight to Ballymore 

 Eustace, where he got to ground after a fine run of 

 one hour and ten minutes. A capital day's sport." 



Heavy storms of snow and rain interfered much 

 with the sport in the first weeks of March, but from 

 the story of a more than average month I select the 

 following: 



** March 26th. Hounds met at Donadea, found, 

 and went away fast for 20 minutes, ran into him and 

 killed near Hortland covert. Drew Laragh and had 

 a fine run of 55 minutes, a ring partly, and killed a 

 little beyond Laragh. A very good day's sport." 



The hunting continued until the middle of 

 April, and was quite good to the end, and the season 

 1 860- 1 was memorable for the consistently good 

 sport shown. 



The autumn of 1861 again provides a record of 

 increasingly good sport which is embarrassing in its 

 fullness. Here again quotation must be confined 

 to a single nm in each month, but generally of this, 

 the last season of Lord Naas's Mastership, it may 



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