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wonderfully good sport ever since he took up the 

 hounds, which, by the way, were his own, as they were 

 only lent to us by his father ; and never was there 

 a more brilliant season than the one now drawing to a 

 close ( 1 876-7). But as the many fine runs we had are so 

 fresh in all our memories, there is no use telling of them 

 now, better go on to describe the country, the covers, 

 the men who hunted with his lordship, the hounds 

 and horses, and finally, wind up with the general opinion 

 formed of his lordship as a M. F. H., and, perhaps, tell 

 an anecdote or two of *' old times." By that time you 

 will be tired of listening, and I of telling, so we shall 

 then bring the narrative to a close. 



I should have mentioned a famous run we had 

 with Briscoe on the 30th December, 1862. Found in 

 Glenbower, he broke at the Fanningstown end, ran 

 round Garryduff, down by Tom Shea's house, on to 

 Carrigtruss, through it, on for Castlemorris, as far as 

 Boolyglass, then to the right, down to Moonruha bog, 

 along its verge, passing within a field of Killeen, on 

 by Mullinavat, for Clonassy, as far as the Harristown 

 road, then to the left, crossed the railway near the 

 station, and ran into him facing for Tory Hill. This 

 was a famous run, over fourteen miles in one hour and 

 twenty minutes. Harry Sargent on the Squire, and 

 Joe Strangman on Bretby, had the best of this run 

 all the way from Carrigtruss, which was the cream 

 of it. Dr. O'Ryan, Hon. Walter Talbot, and some 

 others went well too. 



In Briscoe's time we used at first have an inter- 

 change of meets with the Tipperarys every season. 

 We used to go to Fethard and they to Carrick. These 

 reunions always produced immense meets and very 



