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Baldoyle May Meeting, 1856, for the Corinthians. It 

 was a great race between him, Mr. William Kennedy 

 on Viceroy, and the late Mr. "Willie" Long on the 

 late Lord Howth's Bulldog, the winner, Rakeaway 

 was second. 



On reference to the ''Calendar" of 1857, it will 

 be seen that Lord St. Lawrence's Lobster, ridden by 

 the late Colonel Bernard, beat Sir William Gordon 

 on Ballina, and six others, for the Kildare Hunt Cup. 

 And a month afterwards. Lobster, again ridden by 

 Colonel (then Captain) Bernard, won a valuable steeple- 

 chase for his Lordship at the Irish Grand Military 

 Meeting, over the old Ashbourne course. Before many' 

 weeks elapsed, Lobster again carried the colours to the 

 front at Kilkenny, this being his third win without an 

 intervening defeat. But he was beaten soon afterwards, 

 after a game struggle, at Baldoyle, for a flat race, by 

 Mr. William Kennedy on Lord Waterford's Bonni- 

 vard. In 1858, his Lordship's Brandon (Captain 

 Crymes) won the Kildare Hunt Cup. Twelve months 

 afterwards, his Lochnane, ridden by Mr. Boyce, was 

 beaten for the same race by his only opponent, Mr.' 

 Aylmer's Arab Maid (dam of Zuelika, Huntsman, 

 Zoibede, Sultana, Abdallah). The colours were then 

 laid aside for a year, to be unfolded once more at 

 Punchestown, when his Lordship's Fancy, ridden by 

 the late Captain M'Craith, won the Kildare Hunt 

 Cup. That was not his only win that day, as 

 Schamyl, ridden by Jem Monahan, won the Punches- 

 town Stakes. Not only twelve months, but as 

 many years elapsed before Lord St. Lawrence's 

 name was again included in the list of winning 

 owners, and then he won the Kildare Hunt Cup 



