HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Jan. 17th, 1865. 



My dear Naas, 



It is well known the hounds must leave Palmers- 

 town by the ist May. Anyway it would be dan- 

 gerous to let Sam (Reynell) into the country; he 

 would never give it up. 



We have had good sport lately. To-day a very 

 fine run and killed in the open. Found in banks of 

 river at Stonebrook, and after a couple of turns 

 went away by Stonebrook Lodge and Stonebrook 

 House and across the Ballymore road by Well- 

 field; by the Seasons Barrettstown Hill, into Russ- 

 borough; through Russelstown; crossed the river 

 under Baltiboys, went along to close to Burgage 

 Bridge and along the bottoms to the King's River 

 and ran into him near the mountains. About two 

 hours from find to finish; part fast, rest fine hunt- 

 ing run. 



There appears to have been a doubt as to 

 whether Baron de Robeck would continue after 

 his first two seasons. There is no official reference 

 to it, and such difficulties as presented themselves 

 were certainly surmounted, but I find a letter from 

 a member of the Hunt to my father which states 

 the point at issue: 



*' The hunting affairs for the future are about to 

 become a sort of crisis. The Baron, I believe, is 

 determined to hunt the country only three days a 



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