HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



" My father on Boundaway, who was 3rd in 

 Liverpool Grand National, got over safe and so 

 did his lordship; but Goodall came to grief, and 

 the whole field were pounded. The two named had 

 it all to themselves. After crossing stile after stile 

 Lord Naas said. ' Dunne, is it not queer how he 

 sticks to the path." Dunne replied " I think it 

 must be a dog." His lordship said * Dog or devil, 

 while hounds go like this, we will never seek a 

 better quarry.' 



" And sure enough it was a big red Irish terrier 

 which they ran to ground in his owner's house in 

 Rathmore to the consternation of the man who 

 appealed in frantic tones ' Not to let the dogs kill 

 Barney.' A crown piece from his lordship and 

 assurance of Barney's safety made his master 

 happy. 



" My father always wound up by saying that this 

 was the best ten minutes he ever had in his life, and 

 that Lord Naas was the best man for a big weight he 

 ever knew." 



Mr Medlicott of Dunmurrey, too, has very kindly 

 given me a few recollections of some of the inci- 

 dents of this period. He himself had always a great 

 liking for the Athy country, he never missed a 

 meet there; as he says, there was no wire then. He 

 remembers particularly a very fast run right into 

 the town where they killed their fox under the old 

 gaol. On another occasion they ran a fox into the 

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