7,20 IRISH SPORT AND SPORTSMEN. 



held at Teapot Hill, near Nine Mile House. In 1848, 

 at a meeting held at Emo, Queen's County, the 

 Drogheda Cup, value 100 sovs., a donation of the 

 Marquis, was won by his own horse, Westmeath, 

 ridden Mr. J, G. Adair of Rathdair, who has at present 

 a splendid stud of hunters, and occasionally leads a 

 Kildare and Queen's County field in a good run. 

 Twelve months afterwards, Westmeath won the 

 Kildare Hunt Cup, and ran fairly well for the Kilrue 

 Cup, in that memorable struggle over Lucan*s 

 high banks and green pastures, when Farnham, Sir 

 John, and Abdel-Kadei lought a hard battle for that 

 valuable stake. The following year, three started for 

 the Kildare Hunt Cup. It was a grand race, between 

 Mr. T. De Burgh, on Medora, Captain C. Warburton 

 on Switcher, and Mr. "Harry*' Moore on Westmeath. 

 Switcher made the running to the fourth-last fence, 

 when the others joined issue, and ran head and-head 

 to the last one, where Westmeath was beaten ; and, 

 after a severely contested race, Medora won. 



A match took place a few days afterwards over the 

 same course, which excited a great deal of interest in 

 the county amongst racing and hunting men, between 

 Mr. T. De Burgh on Medora, and Mr. George P. L. 

 Mansfield, of Morristown, Lattin, on his own horse, 

 Kilmallock. These worthy sportsmen were rivals in 

 many daring feats with the " Kildares," and the re- 

 spective merits of the men and horses were the subject 

 of many discussions amongst their numerous friends 

 and admirers. One evening, after a brilliant run, they 

 made the match. The conditions were I3st, each, owners 

 up, for 50 sovs. each. After a great race Medora 

 was victrix. Westmeath won the Drogheda Cup that 



