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away cannons against the white hunter under double 

 thong. '• Hullo ! you young ruffian, I'll make you 

 leave this." And away goes the four-year-old and his 

 young master, pursued by the white horse and his 

 noble one. John Gilpin's ride was not funnier. The 

 crowd halloed, the stand encouraged. " Go it, you 

 devil ;" " at him, Clonmel ;" " well done, young ster ;" 

 " now, your Lordship ;" " hurroo !" and so on, till the 

 " young un " cleared the drop fence past the stand, 

 leaving his rider's hat, now encircled by the dread 

 '' double thong," as spo/ia opijiia in the hands of the 

 Lord of Bishop's Court. Lord Clonmel, from the time 

 of his retirement from the army, which took place after 

 a few years' service, generally resided in Ireland. 



The present Earl was born on 2nd of March, 1838, 

 and succeeded to the title and estates on the death of 

 his father, which occurred in February, 1866. He is 

 unmarried. When Lord Earlsfort, he served for some 

 years in the Life Guards. He very much resembles 

 his father in person and character, and is a good land- 

 lord, large employer, liberal paymaster, and subscriber 

 to the Kildare and Tipperary Foxhounds. He is very 

 fond of hunting; and his stables are tenanted by 

 hunters as good and good-looking as money and sound 

 judgment can procure. Like his father, too, he has a 

 decided /^W^<^;?/ for "suited" harness-horses. His 

 Lordship never had racers, buthe is fond of the pastime. 

 He attends the principal English and Irish flat and 

 steeplechase meetings, and is a member of the Irish 

 National Hunt Steeplechase Committee. He deserves 

 the gratitude of the Kildare tenant farmers, for his libe- 

 rality in adding 25 sovs. annually to the Farmers' Race 

 at Punchestown. I should add that he is an Irish repre- 



