l8 IRISH SPORT AND SPORTSMEN. 



in their power to preserve foxes. They appear to 

 have managed all the affairs relative to the hunting 

 of the countr}^ in the most systematic manner, and the 

 wording of many of the resolutions passed at their 

 meetings would amuse had I space co quote them. 

 For instance, at a meeting held in Naas, during Sir 

 John Kennedy's mastership, we find that the following 

 resolution was passed and forwarded to Mr. Digby of 

 Landenstown : 



*' We, the undersigned members of the Kildare 

 Hunt Club, have heard with great regret that 

 Mr. Digby' s butler has shot a fox, and we hope that 

 Mr. Digby will take such steps as will prevent said 

 butler from again perpetrating a similar crime while 

 in his employment." 



At the next meeting the following communication 

 was received from Mr. Digby : 



*' Mr. Digby has heard with great regret of the 

 offence committed by his butler, and begs to inform 

 the members of the Kildare Hunt Club that he has 

 discharged said butler." 



Sir John Kennedy always hunted the hounds 

 himself, and there never was a man who knew better 

 when to cheer or to chide them ; he was a first-rate 

 horseman, had a splendid voice ; many a fox did his 

 view-hallow *' awake from his lair in the morning." 

 He seldom used a horn. The Rev. Robert Burrowes 

 was secretary during his reign ; he had a passion 

 for hunting. I have heard a gentleman state that he 

 never knew a more ardent fox-hunter; and, he added, 

 *' he spent his days either in the saddle, or on his 

 knees at the earths, going throughout the country." 

 When asked to explain, the answer my informant gave 



