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nose, beating Mr. Salvan's celebrated mare Alice 

 Hawthorn, Beatrice, and Warp. Lord Waterford won 

 a sweepstakes at the Curragh April Meeting on his 

 own horse, The Robber, defeating three others, and 

 at the following re-union there steered a second of 

 his racers to victory for the Corinthians, Mr. Moore on 

 Firefly, Mr. Allen M'Donogh on Mordaunt, and Olliver, 

 ridden by Mr. Kennedy, finishing behind him. The 

 Corinthian riders of those days were, indeed, sports- 

 men in the truest sense of the word — excellent horse- 

 men and "pillars" of the turf. On reference to the 

 "Calendar," I find that for the Corinthians at the 

 "Newmarket of Ireland" in September, 1845, Lord 

 AVaterford's Arcanus, ridden by Mr. G. H. Moore, 

 won. His Lordship was second on his own horse, 

 Smike, Count Batthyany third on Paragon ; Lad of the 

 Vale (Mr. Kennedy), Woodranger (Mr. Nunn), Switcher 

 (Lord Howth), also ran, but were not placed. Be- 

 fore the end of the year thirteen races were won 

 by the Curraghmore stud — Henry won four, value 

 165 so vs. ; Arcanus two, value 130 sovs. ; and Smike 

 and Firefly adding considerably to their owner's ex- 

 chequer. 



In 1846, fourteen horses comprised the racing stud, 

 and the legitimate campaign was opened at the Cur- 

 ragh, on the 21st of April, with a match of 100 sovs., 

 a mile and a half, 1 2st each, which resulted in the 

 defeat of Mr. Irwin's Whack, on whom 6 to 4 was 

 laid, by Lord Waterford' s The Robber ; however, the 

 stable was in very bad form throughout the year, as 

 in Ireland only five races, value /407, were won by 

 its representatives ; but King Dan won the Blythwood 

 Free Handicap of 95 sovs. at Eglinton Park, and at 



