BARON DE ROBECK, 1862-1868 

 along the edge of the Liffey, which was too swollen 

 for any attempt to cross, down to the bridge, where 

 the hounds were running with a breast-high scent, 

 across the road into Sallymountdemesne, where they 

 ran into him in the open. The run was of just forty- 

 seven minutes, but the pace throughout and the ab- 

 sence of anything which could be called a check, made 

 it by common consentthemost brilliant of the season. 

 Sport indeed continued excellent throughout the 

 season. There was a run from Kill Hill, where a fox 

 broke, and ran straight for Collierstown Wood, a 

 distance of six Irish miles, as straight as a crow flies, 

 without a single check, a run which reduced the 

 field of fully 300 which had assembled at a fashion- 

 able Naas meet to thirteen when he went to ground. 

 Another run in the middle of March was almost as 

 good as anything through the season. They met at 

 Maynooth, and drew Laragh, where they found at 

 once. He broke at a rattling pace for Painstown, 

 through Mr Aylmer's grounds and straight on to 

 Donadea without the semblance of a check, on for 

 Mount Armstrong, into Mount Egan and on again 

 to Downings, where he got to ground. The first part 

 of the run was thirty-eight minutes, ended by a 

 slight check at Donadea, but the quality of the run 

 will be appreciated by the fact that they went four- 

 teen miles from find to finish in fifty minutes, 

 including the check I have mentioned. 



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