BARON DE ROBECK, 1862-1868 



hour. The distance from find to finish was 

 reckoned at ten Irish miles, and no ploughed field 

 was crossed throughout. There were only three up 

 at the kill, Mr W. Kennedy, Mr Alexander Love 

 and Mr Anthony Allen, jun. 



November ended with a long hunting run from 

 a find in the woods on the Kildare road near Bally- 

 varney. Breaking on the north side, the fox crossed 

 from Seleaska to Duneaney, on to Ballyvarney, over 

 the Nurney road as if for Harristown, turned to 

 the right over Kildangan, crossing the Carlo w 

 railway and into the cover at the railway bridge, 

 then through some evergreens near the castle to 

 Richardstown, where there was a longish check, 

 which enabled the fox to reach Kilpatrick covert. 

 There, however, the hounds found him, and he 

 broke for Toole's farm through Killeen and after 

 passing through Mr Water's enclosure was killed 

 dead beat in the open after a run of just two hours. 

 The scent was poor and the pace not fast, but the 

 new Huntsman, Dick Lyons, who had succeeded 

 Goodall, was much praised for his handling of the 

 pack. He never interfered, but allowed them to 

 hunt their game without any lifting at all. 



Contemporary reports point to an abundance of 

 foxes all over the country in 1866; they were too 

 plentiful, in fact, and there is frequent mention of 

 chopping a brace before getting a third to break in 



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