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means got him straight, and, making the 

 remainder of the running, won easily. Valen- 

 tine's rider at the scales ohjected to Sailor for 

 not having carried a bridle, but Mr. McDonogh 

 was able to draw the weight, and was declared 

 the winner amidst the wildest enthusiasm. 

 The other extraordinary performance occurred 

 one day on his pet mount, the celebrated 

 Brunette, at Cashel. When riding Mountain 

 Hare the previous day over the same course 

 he was crossed by an old woman at an ugly up 

 bank. The horse struck the woman in the 

 chest and very nearly put an end to his rider 

 also, who, in the fall', got his collar-bone and 

 six ribs broken. The late Dr. Kussell, of 

 Cashel, was quickly by his side, and telling the 

 Marquis of Waterford of the serious injuries 

 Mr. McDonogh had received, that most noble- 

 hearted man instantly sent for his carriage, 

 which, with two post-horses, speedily took the 

 invahd to the hotel in Cashel. The collar- 

 bone being set and ribs bandaged, he passed a 

 miserable night. Brunette was in a race the 

 next day, and as he would allow no man to 

 sit on her back, he got out of his bed, mounted 



