THE CASHELMORE HOUNDS. 



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tion. Other hands were placed there at once, and, 

 ** oh ! his skull is fractured, he has not an hour to 

 live," was whispered from ear to ear. For a short 

 time he left them in ignorance of the truth, then 

 laughingly told them that the indentation was na- 

 tural, and had ever been the same. 



Mr. Francis Beamish of Killinear, a distant rela- 

 tive of the master's, is another of the old first-flights, 

 but of late years he has given up hunting. 



Among the best riders of the past day with these 

 hounds two names should not be forgotten, those of 

 the late James Lowe Holmes of Carrigmore, and 

 Horace Townsend Poole of Mayfield, both of whom 

 died in the prime of manhood within the last few 

 years, and than whom no better sportsmen or useful 

 country gentlemen could be found in any district. 



The first -flight riders of the present day are 

 Messrs. John and Richard Beamish, sons of the 

 master, both of whom hunt the hounds as occasion 

 requires; Mr. Daniel Conner of Manch, who at one 

 time kept hounds of his own, but gave them up to 

 join the Cashelmore Club ; Mr. T. H. Poole, a nephew 

 of Major Poole ; Mr. Baldwin Sealy of Barley field, 

 and his son Richard ; Messrs. William and James 

 Sealy of Burrin ; Mr. Robert Travers of Timoleague; 

 Mr. George Lamb of Barry's Hall; Mr. James 

 Wheeler of Fort Prospect ; Mr. J. E. O' Sullivan of 

 Skeaf; Dr. Orpen Beamish of Enniskeane, and his 

 brother, Mr. George Beamish; Mr. William Long- 

 field of Church Hill ; Mr. Francis Beamish of Kilma- 

 looda, Mr. William Lombard of Hoe Lodge; Mr. 

 Edward Gillman, who is well known as sporting both 

 silk and scarlet ; and Mr. Allcock Ottley. 



