HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



one the well-known watering place in Co. Wick- 

 low, the other near Athy. This last was often a meet 

 for the hounds, but a new proprietor of a hotel at 

 the watering place had not heard of the Bray near 

 Athy, and when he saw the advertised meet thought 

 the hounds were coming to his own town on the 

 coast. He therefore wrote to the Master and offered 

 the Hunt a breakfast at his hotel. The Master 

 repHed: 



Dear Proprietor of the Grand Hotel, Bray. 

 Your Bray is not our Bray, neither is our Bray 

 your Bray. 



Yours truly, 



Na. Ass. 



Lord Naas's Mastership came to an end by his 

 resignation at the end of the spring season of 1862 

 after a term of just five years. It will be understood 

 that I have relied absolutely upon the testimony 

 of others for the details of the period during which 

 he had the hounds, and that if these details are 

 fuller than in some preceding chapters, it is because 

 the period is nearer our own times and within the 

 memory of some of the older members of the Hunt. 

 I will conclude with Mr Robert Kennedy's final 

 recollections of Lord Naas's Mastership, only ask- 

 ing my readers to excuse any signs of partiality 

 which they may discover in the remarks of a gentle- 

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