BARON DE ROBECK, 1862-1868 



quate to defray the necessary expenses of hunting 

 the Kildare country, and having stated that he is 

 wilUng to hunt the country four days a week 

 during the present and coming season provided 

 the sum of £2,000 is guaranteed to him for each of 

 the said years, this meeting pledges itself to make 

 every exertion to raise the necessary funds and 

 appoint a committee for that purpose to consist of 

 the following members: 



"J.P-Tynte,Esqr.,LordNaas,R.Kennedy,Esqr., 

 and E. Cole, Esqr." 



Members in the room made a very public-spirited 

 effort to carry out this resolution before parting, 

 and those who promised sums ranging from ,(^75 

 a year to £5 beyond their normal subscriptions 

 were Lord Drogheda, Lord Naas, Capt. Tuthill, 

 Mr C. C. Roberts, Mr J. Lynch, Mr C. Hoffman, 

 Mr Cogan, Mr Tynte, Mr E. Fitzgerald, Mr Royse, 

 Mr G. Wise, Mr D. Mahony, Mr R. Moore, Col. O. 

 Hanlon, Mr W. Robertson, Mr Walsh, Mr R. Ken- 

 nedy, Sir J. Power, Mr W. Kennedy, Mr Vesey and 

 Mr E. A. Mansfield. It is quite clear that all finan- 

 cial difficulties were thus overcome, in fact I find 

 an entry in the Baron's diary nearly two years later, 

 viz., February 14, 1865, in which he notes that he 

 undertakes the hounds for another season for a 

 guarantee of £1,850. 



The boundaries of the Kildare country which the 



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