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the end of Lord Mayo's first season the funds had risen 

 to/1,450, and the field-money to /350. When he 

 resigned the field- money was nearly doubled, and the 

 subscriptions increased so considerable as to warrant 

 the expenditure being fixed at / 1,900 a year. The 

 " Kildares" had two extraordinary runs during Lord 

 Mayo's reign — one was from Laragh, in November, 

 1859. The fox was killed, after a run of over two 

 hours' duration, near Swainstown, in the county Meath : 

 the distance from point to point was nineteen miles 

 by the ordnance map. Goodall was the only man 

 who rode over the last fence ; he stated that he never 

 rode over such a grand country, and that for the last 

 hour he never crossed over a ploughed field. The 

 second memorable run was from Baltiboys, near 

 Ballymore-Eustace, to Mr. Walshe's, of Belgard, six 

 miles from Dublin, where the hounds were left 

 hunting their fox in the dark. They must have gone 

 over twenty miles. Lord Mayo took a great interest 

 in the Irish turf, and did more than a little for 

 its welfare. He raced a few horses, but I think 

 his yellow and crimson jacket was borne but once 

 successfully, that was when, in 1862, he won the Kil- 

 dare Hunt Cup with Hornpipe. The last time it 

 was seen on a racecourse was at the Curragh October 

 meeting 1868, when he raced a filly called Purity for 

 a Selling Stakes, which was won by Kate Kearney. 

 Purity fell, and gave her pilot a bad fall. Jem 

 Doucie rode her, and I think I am correct in stating 

 that this was his maiden race. 



Lord Mayo was the founder of the Palmerstown 

 Association, and had he been spared, it would, pro- 

 bably, be in a flourishing condition now ; and during 



