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van ;" he was pre-eminently entitled to it, and even 

 now, though very many seasons have passed since he 

 first assisted at the obsequies of Reynard, he can, and 

 does frequently, hold a prominent place. Mr. Edward 

 Corcoran, of Raheenduff, Timahoe, is one of the oldest 

 patrons of the chase in the county, a staunch preserver 

 of foxes, and a greater " clinker" never " tallied" one ; 

 even now, though his head-covering is slightly blanched 

 with the frost of age, he is often first among the lead- 

 ing lot His son, " Charlie," inherits the taste for the 

 sport so characteristic of his father, and is a first-class 

 light-weight. In this line of business Mr. Horace 

 Rochfort has acquired such fame that I need not 

 delay to pass any encomiums on him — " good wine 

 needs no bush." Of Captain Cosby I have already 

 written. Mr. John W. Dunne, of Raheenawhole, is a 

 welter-weight, and is as devoted and fearless a 

 foxhunter as ever rode over the banks of Ossory. 

 Mr. Henry Moore of Cremorgan deserves commen- 

 dation ; and those who are in the habit of visiting the 

 Ballybrophy district must have remarked the brothers 

 Plunkett — Joseph and Oliver — amongst the "foremost 

 hard- riders ;" and Mr. Leech I must also mention. 

 Mr. Edge, in Kilkenny as well as in the Queen's 

 County, has proved himself to be undoubtedly 



" A rum 'un to follow, a bad 'un to beat." 



Mr. Laurence Kelly of Ballymeelish Park, Bally- 

 brophy, must also be included in the list of " first- 

 flight" men. Before mentioning the names of the 

 gentlemen I should have named one pre-eminently 

 entitled to a word of praise — I allude to Miss Ella 

 Stubber, the amiable and accomplished sister of the 



