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resigned. After Mr. De la Cour's resignation, Mr. 

 John Courtenay hunted the country for a few seasons. 

 When he sold his hounds, the present Lord Doneraile 

 hunted it ; he kept the hounds at his seat, Doneraile 

 Court, for some years. When his Lordship went to 

 live in England — where he hunted the Burton country 

 for some time — the Duhallows were managed by a 

 committee ; the late Captain Leader of Mount Leader 

 was field-master. In 1876, Mr. T. G. Hare became 

 master, and has had them ever since. It would be 

 difficult to find one more thoroughly desirous of show- 

 ing sport, more popular or more sportsmanlike in all 

 his acts. 



The best part of the Duhallow territory is towards 

 Liscarroll, a very fine grass-country, undulating with 

 large grass banks; no big woodlands, in fact no 

 coverts of any sort, except a few gorse coverts. The 

 " cream" of the country is that portion from Clonee, 

 Kilberehert, Killanane, Ballybane, Knockmacolon, &c. 

 On the south of the Blackwater it extends as far as 

 Blarney, where it joins the Muskerry district. That 

 country is more stony and cramped ; but it is a good, 

 wild district, and there are plenty of foxes there. 

 " Take it for all in all," the Duhallow is a fine hunting - 

 country ; and any well-mounted man, who will ride 

 straight, can go wherever the hounds go, in fact, 

 ought never to lose sight of them, as there are almost 

 no unjumpable fences, except on the north eastern 

 side, which never shows much sport. If the Duhallow 

 territory could be extended a little in one or two 

 directions, so that it could be hunted four days a 

 week, it would be one of the first fox-hunting 

 countries in the world. Unfortunately, the earth- 



