HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Watershill, past the earths at Grange Beg at a still 

 faster pace, by Coldwells and over a fine country to 

 Cryhelp. He passed straight through the cover 

 without the semblance of a check, past the school- 

 house at Rathattan, through Whiteleas and to 

 ground in Mountcashel after a brilliant run of 

 thirteen miles over a grass country; time, one hour 

 and seventeen minutes. The Baron, Mr Fortescue 

 Tynte, Mr R. Moore, Mr A. Allen, Sir Jas Higgin- 

 son. Major Greene and Captain Humfrey saw the 

 run from find to finish. 



Hunting during January of 1867 was much 

 interfered with by frost at the beginning and end 

 of the month. On the loth I find an entry of interest 

 in Baron de Robeck's diary: " Heard of the death of 

 W. La Touche, sent the hounds home," a mark of 

 respect to a member of the Kildare Hunt Club, to 

 whom, as is abundantly clear from what I have put 

 down on former pages, the Hunt owes an inestim- 

 able debt. 



From what I can gather, the sport during the 

 spring of this year continued very good, without, 

 however, any run of exceptional brilliance. Foxes 

 still continued to be found in too great plenty and 

 kills, apart from chopping, were rarer than they 

 ought to have been. It would seem that scent was 

 not as good as usual in the Kildare country, and 

 there is a constant tale of checks and slow hunting 



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