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generally sees as much of the good runs as any of 

 the welter weights who participate with him in the 

 pleasures of the chase which he so keenly enjoys. 

 The hunting days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and 

 Fridays. George Sheppard hunted the hounds during 

 1876-7; he then left, and Mr. Beatty now hunts 

 them, ably assisted, when the pace is very severe, 

 by his son — who is a very good horseman. Joseph 

 Turpin, who had been kennel-huntsman to the Galway 

 Hounds, is now acting as such at Borodale. He is an 

 excellent servant, and I may say the same of the 

 Whips, Philip and John Morrisey, who have been in 

 the employment of Mr. Beatty for many years. 



The late Mr. Bolton of the Island, county Wexford, 

 kept two packs of foxhounds, and hunted the Island 

 country for upwards of thirty years. He was an essen- 

 tially popular man, and an ardent sportsman. In 1842, 

 a superb specimen of Irish manufacture was presented 

 to him by the gentlemen who were in the habit of 

 hunting with his hounds. It consisted of a large 

 massive waiter, weighing upwards of two hundred 

 and seventy ounces, with a representation of a fox- 

 hunt, in four compartments, embossed from a flat 

 plate of silver in very bold relief. This beautiful 

 piece of plate bore the following inscription : — 



" Presented to 



William Bolton, Esq., 



By the friends of the Island Hunt, 



in testimony of their regard and esteem for the very liberal and 



handsome manner in which he has, for upwards of thirty years, 



kept, at his sole expense, two packs of fox-hounds in the county of 



Wexford. 

 April 29th, 1842." 



