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He was elected, in 1 868, as member for Galway borough, 

 and represented that constituency until he succeeded 

 his father. As was only natural, from his earliest 

 years, his Lordship was devotedly attached to field 

 sports. And there is not, amongst the many 

 lovers of manly sports and pastimes in Ireland, a more 

 ardent devotee of each and every one of them than he, 

 nor is there one who takes a greater interest in the 

 well-being of the legitimate and illegitimate branches 

 of the national pastime. As a rider on the flat and 

 over the country, as a rider to hounds and as master 

 of hounds, he is entitled to the highest place. When 

 Punchestown was in its infancy he laboured indefati- 

 gably in its behalf. In Gahvay he established a meet- 

 ing of the first order. For the Howth and Baldoyle 

 reunion he worked wonders, and his labours were un- 

 selfish ; he was industrious, not for his own weal but 

 for that of his brother-sportsmen. No one can accuse 

 him, not even the most narrow-minded, of having any 

 personal motive in his zeal as a promoter of racing. 

 He appears to have an especial taste and talent of a 

 high order for framing articles ; and to his suc- 

 cessful endeavours in this respect we are, to a great 

 extent, to attribute the flourishing condition of the 

 prospects of the patrons of racing. And if his Lord- 

 ship had succeeded in carrying some of the resolutions 

 he brought before the rulers of the turf, the executives 

 of race-meetings, the owners of race-horses, in a word, 

 all who make up that great republic, the turf, would 

 be even better satisfied than they are. During the 

 days of Lord St. Lawrence's youth he delighted to 

 wander through his father's stables, admiring the many 

 equine worthies which made up the "string," or 



