BARON DE ROBECK, 1862-1868 



" Mr Reynell who blows his own horn with no 

 uncertain blast." 



" 1863. April 15th. Wednesday. The last day of 

 the season, a very good day and a great many 

 strangers out. Had a very good season. One blank 

 day. 



" 1864. April 25th. Last day's hunt. Had a good 

 twenty-five minutes and killed. On the whole a fair 

 season." 



From the autumn of 1866, however, I have full 

 particulars in Baron de Robeck's diary of every 

 day the hounds were out, and the chief difficulty is 

 that of selection. 



The autumn of 1866 opened with some good 

 sport before the conventional " first meet " at 

 Johnstown Inn. They were at Bert at Kilbride, 

 Moore Abbey, Saunders Grove, and Ladenstown 

 Bridge between October 25 and Tuesday, Novem- 

 ber 9, the first fixture at Johnstown. There was 

 very good sport indeed at the Moore Abbey ren- 

 dezvous. A find at Hybla crossed the lawn through 

 the enclosures, went over the mill race, through 

 Rogan's farm at Clondown, crossed the Kildare 

 Road, on through Laragh, by the moat, over the 

 dry walls, through Coolier and Navanstown and to 

 ground in Mynagh, after a good gallop over a fine 

 line of country. 



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