lOO IRISH SPORT AND SPORTSMEN. 



noticed. Jem Is a chip of the old block ; and though 

 not such a workman to get and keep with hounds as his 

 sire was — when was there another ! — is a grand horse- 

 man. His figure intercepts the view of the no doubt 

 reliable mount of Mr. J. T. Power, formerly Mr. 

 D'Arcy's colleague in the representation of Wexford. 

 He is scarcely as well known as a hunting man as he is as 

 holder of the '^ribbons," in which he rivals his brother- 

 in-law, Mr. J. R. O'Reilly, who occupies a prominent 

 place in the opposite "flank" of Mr. Osborne's very 

 clever picture. Those who have joined in the plea- 

 sures of the Ward Union Hunt cannot, these many 

 years past, have been unobservant of one of these 

 phenomenal horsemen who with one arm can do so 

 much more than most men with two. Of these, Mr. 

 T. Butler, of Priestown, is a very notable example ; 

 and warm friends of this right good fellow in camp 

 and barrack, over the Queen's broad empire, will 

 recognise with pleasure his happy portrait, which the 

 artist has introducad between those of the Brindley's 

 — father and son. 



The name of Watson will be familiar to my readers, 

 while all will allow the honourable mention which 

 their merits as sportsmen entitle them to. The Mr. 

 H. Watson of this picture is a near relative of Messrs. 

 Robert and George Watson, the respective masters of 

 the so far divided packs, the Carlow and Island, and 

 Melbourne hounds. He, unlike them, has not yet 

 carried the horn ; but our coaching annals, polo-grounds, 

 and hunting-fields abound In records of his accomplish- 

 ments and prowess. Between him and her husband, 

 the chief of the Ward Executive, Mr. Osborne pre- 

 sents us with an excellent portrait of Mrs. Leonard 



