HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



latter half of the run was extremely fast, but the 

 scenting was bad on the whole, and hounds did not 

 hunt in their usual style. 



A week later, with the meet at Ballysax, there was 

 a good hunting run from Moor Hill, after pottering 

 work at Martinstown, owing to too many foxes and 

 an unstopped earth at Halverstown, followed by a 

 blank at Cryhelp. Moor Hill, however, yielded a 

 good fox, who ran as if for Hollywood, after a 

 circuit of four or five fields, through the demesne 

 of Moor Hill, out at Mr Kilbee's gate and across 

 the bottoms at a rattling pace, into and through Gill- 

 town. He then crossed the wall a few perches from 

 the cover and went on at a great pace to Bolabeg 

 gate, where the hounds had to be drawn, as neither 

 horsemen nor hounds could proceed further in the 

 dark. 



The meet at Sallins, a Monday at the end of 

 February, the hounds drew Turnings, and found 

 at once. He raced straight through Turnings, across 

 Reade's farm, through Farrell's farm at Sherlocks- 

 town, through Cullen's farm, where he wheeled 

 to the right to Bodenstown, past Wolf Tone's 

 grave, through Lady Hill at a great pace and on to 

 Blackball, where he either gained a rabbit burrow, 

 or was lost. There were short runs ending in losses, 

 though at a great pace, from Castlekeely and 

 Osbertstown, the whole day being very typical of 

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