THE ORMOND HOUNDS. 23 1 



"He did. In 1850, Wills Gason (now Colonel) of 

 Kilteelagh kept the hounds at Richmond, near Nenagh, 

 for three seasons, hunting Ormond, and William Ralph 

 hunted them ; he was formerly huntsman to Mr. J. 

 Minnitt of Annabeg. Mr. Alexander Disney kept the 

 Ormond Hounds atBellgrove for two seasons, and Giles 

 Morgan was his huntsman. The Hon. Fred Yelverton 

 kept the Ormond Hounds for two seasons at Belleisle ; 

 a man named Dan Grennan hunted them during that 

 period. Captain Saunders had a first-class pack for 

 several seasons, and hunted the Ormond country." 



** Where did he keep them ? " 



*' At Ballinderry-park ; and, after him, Toler Wolfe 

 had them for two seasons, 1864-5, at South Hill, near 

 Nenagh." 



" Who succeeded him ? " 



*' Fitzwilliam Walshe, who also hunted the country 

 for two seasons ; his kennels were at Ballinaclough, 

 and Dennis carried the horn. Mr. Walshe, at his own 

 expense, purchased some very valuable hounds, which 

 he added to the pack; when he resigned, in 1867, he 

 presented them to the hunt. Captain George Stoney 

 of Kyle-park took them for three seasons, and Thomas 

 Ryan (father of Tom Ryan, the steeplechase jockey) 

 hunted them. Then Mr. George Jackson of Rapla 

 kept them for two years ; he carried the horn himself, 

 and Mr. Wallis was first whip. In 1872, Lord Hastings 

 (now Earl of Huntington) reunited Ormond and King's 

 County, once more revived the prestige of the old 

 Ormond and King's County Hunt, and hunted both 

 districts with great success up to 1876, when he re- 

 signed the Ormond country, presenting that hunt with 

 twenty-one couple of hounds." 



