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Having enumerated the gentlemen, the ladies 

 should not be forgotten ; indeed, by right they should 

 have been placed first, but alas ! the melancholy fact 

 is that nothing in this world is right, all has gone 

 wrong since Eve ate the apple. The first-flight ladies 

 of the present day are, Mrs. and the Misses Travers 

 of Timoleague, Miss Hosford of Barry's Hall, Miss 

 Alice Beamish of Harehill, and Miss Conner of 

 Manch. 



The club was formed in the year 1865; Mr. T. 

 Poole of Mayfield took the post of secretary and 

 holds it still. He is a great favourite and thorough 

 sportsman. Subscribers of the past day not now on 

 the list were, Mr. James L. Holmes, Horace T. Poole, 

 and Francis Beamish (all above-mentioned in the 

 past) ; also General Beamish, Major-General Long- 

 field, Colonel Teulon, Captain Cornwall, the late 

 Mr. James Gillman of Oakmount, the late Mr. Walter 

 Holmes of Carrigmore, the late Mr. Henry Hassett 

 of Woodlands, and the late Mr. Francis Hurley of 

 Bandon. 



As subscribers of the present day, the name of 

 Mr. Thomas Beamish of Kilmalooda, who acts as 

 chairman of the business meetings, heads the list, 

 which includes the names of all those gentlemen 

 enumerated above as riders in the field ; also those 

 of Colonel Gillman, Captain Woodley, the Secretary, 

 &c., altogether thirty names. The Cashelmore Hunt 

 Races were got up in 1873, i^i connexion with the 

 club, and have been held yearly at their racecourse, 

 at Knockbrown, since that date. ^ 



