HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Dunmurrey was next drawn, the cover, Mr 

 Medlicott's, the origin of which I have set out in 

 the last chapter. They found at once, skirted the 

 Curragh covert, over the Kildare and Newbridge 

 road to Windmill Hill, when the fox ran round 

 the skirts of Kildare town by the station through 

 the Bishop's land. Passing the station, the line was 

 over South Green, towards the hills, but being 

 pressed he here changed his point through Rath- 

 walkeen into Kyle, crossing the Limerick Road and 

 the G. S. and W. Railway. From this point only 

 two were with the hounds, Mr Exshaw and Richard 

 Lyons, the Huntsman. They still went on at a great 

 pace through the gorse at Sillot, where the fox 

 broke at the south end and crossed the Shanaloon 

 road into Tully. Here Lyons 's horse came to grief, 

 leaving Mr Exshaw with the hounds alone. He 

 rode on through Maddenstown to Barnehill covert, 

 where the hounds changed to a fresh fox, and 

 seven couples streamed off across Kilberrin bog 

 close to his brush. Here Mr Exshaw gave up, and 

 Lyons recovered his hounds long after sunset 

 after thirteen miles over an almost impracticable 

 country. 



The conventional first meet, on the following 



Tuesday at Johnstown Inn, provided only moderate 



sport. Kerdiffstown was drawn blank; three foxes 



were found in Palmerstown, but would not go 



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