■can't account for, as I knew well enough that he was not an Irish 

 horse, being by Marske out of Spiletta, and bred by e Duke of Cum- 

 berland in 1764. 



Crotanstown Stud.— When I wrote my nistory of the Ourragh 

 there was no one living at Crotanstown, and old Brownstown was in 

 •dilapidation, but since then Captain Greer has started stud farms at 

 both places, and after last Punchestown I had the pleasure of being 

 shown over them by the owner. I don't think I ever enjoyed a visit 

 of the sort more, for there I saw everything done as it should be. The 

 stabling and sheds, which are all new, are laid out upon the most con- 

 venient plan and built in style as substantial as it is picturesque. 

 The paddocks at both establishments are numerous and not too large, 

 as they are in many places, while in all of them are found that undula- 

 tion of ground which is so beneficial to foals and yearlings, while the 

 herbage, springing from generous limestone soil, shows by its abundance 

 how carefully the paddocks with their neatest of hedges are attended 

 to. Captain Greer started only six years ago, but being wonderfully 

 endowed with brain-power, and thoroughly master of his business, he 

 has got together within that short time some twelve brood mares which 

 for quality and breeding cannot be surpassed in any other breeding 

 establi^hment that I know. His foals and yearlings, bred for his own 

 racing, were also good, and are got by the best and most fashionable 

 sires of the day, many of them being by his own hor^e Gallinule. I had 

 a long look at this li r^e, and certainly he is the sort to beget alike 

 race-horses, steeplechasers, and hunters, and he is as quiet as a lamb. 

 He was not sent many good mares in his first season ; his stock, how- 

 ever, showed from the beginning that they were capable of winning, 

 and since then he has been mated with the very best mares in Ireland, 

 so that last season Gallinule stood high in the list of winning stallions. 

 Captain Greer peaces a high value upon this horse, and so he may, for 

 his reputation as a sire has been established, and the source of a 

 nice income will he be to his popular owner for, let us hope, many a 

 year to come. 



Waterford Lodge was also empty at the time I wrote, but that fine 

 horseman, Mr. Willy McAuliffe, has recently resumed training, and has 

 now a select stud under his charge at this once famous stable. 



DRIVING. 



Chapter XIII. 



London Coachmen.— Since I wrote as I did at p. 218 about London 

 traps and private coachmen I have altered my opinion on the subject. 

 We can see many a badly turned-out private trap in London, and many 

 a man driving it whom you would imagine spent most of his time at 

 work in the garden. What has struck me lately — and I have seen more 



