THE GAL WAY HOUNDS. 143 



" * As might be anticipated in so long a career, Lord Clan- 

 ricarde has from time to time been the owner of good horses : 

 among the best in former days were Leatherhead, a gray horse 

 that had the honour of being the last that Mr. Val Maher ever went 

 in his old form on in Leicestershire. This horse hunted up to the 

 age of twenty-seven, and at that age jumped an undeniably big 

 fence on Barrow Hill. Angelo, 'a perfect fencer,' carried the 

 Marquis for ten years ; then Gehazi, ' a leper ' as white as snow ; 

 and in later years Caustic, who in 1864 won the Irish Grand Na- 

 tional within three weeks of his appearance at a Leicestershire 

 covert- side. It would be hard to find a more awkward horse to 

 ride hunting than Caustic, with his head all in the wrong place, a 

 loose neck, a hard, unyielding mouth, and a desire to go as hard 

 as he can at every fence. Mr. Long, who rode him in the Na- 

 tional Race, to this day describes his ' sensations,' as the horse 

 rattled in and out of the lane at Punchestown with him. 



" ' In politics the Marquis of Clanricarde has ever been a de- 

 cided Liberal, and has supported with earnest eloquence measures 

 that have been introduced into Parliament to forward the interests 

 of Ireland. He has also filled the offices of Ambassador to St. 

 Petersburg and Postmaster-General. We may also conclude by 

 remarking that Lord Dunkellin — whose motion in the House of 

 Commons on the Reform Bill led to the break-up of the Russell 

 Administration — is the eldest son of the Marquis, and will succeed 

 him in his titles and estates.' 



" Poor Lord Dunkellin did not long survive the date 

 of this notice. He predeceased his father by some 

 years, and Ireland lost in him a nobleman who in all 

 the relations of his life did credit to an illustrious old 

 race. As soldier, statesman, scholar, and gentleman 

 he had few equals, and his early death was no less 

 than a national misfortune." 



" Who are the best men of the present day ?" 

 " Messrs. Burton Persse, Frank Joyce of Mervue, 

 John Eyre, jun., Acheson French, Lord Dunsandle, 

 Thos. TuUy, Pierce Joyce, jun., Robert Blake of Brook- 

 lodge ; the late Lord Clanmorris, who died suddenly 



