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country— The Ballydurn country— Sport over them— Welch Hills— Pembrokestown, 

 Knockaderry— Mount Neil-Cloiiassey— E.oanmore— The Fences— The Going— Good 

 .Scent— The Cry of a Foxhound— Of the Cnrraghmore— Riot— Gorse Coverts- Carrig- 

 truss— Knockbrack -Ballydarn—Rathgormack—Ballyneale— Duke's Fall— Johnny Ryan 

 and Lord Waterford Hunt the Hounds— His Lordship Hunts both Packs— Duke recovers 

 —Resumes the Horn— His Lordship takes it again— Holds it till the end— Great Spoit 

 — His hard riding— His big weight— His good horses— Mr. Strangman as Secretary — 

 Did great service— Testimonial to him— Good man to Hounds— Farmers supported 

 Hunting- So did the Gentry— oS^o Game Preservers— Sir Robert Paul— Mr. Congreve— 

 Lord Bessborough— Mr. Ned Briscoe— Mr. Henry Bowers— Especial assistance given by 

 the two latter gentlemen— Hunting establishment at Curraghmore— Horses— Stud 

 Groom and Servants— The Kennels— Huntsman— Whips— Horses out each Hunting 

 Day— Going to the ^Sleet- Lord Waterford's Favourite Hunters— His Exploit over Rag- 

 dale Bottom— His Expenditure on Hunting — Author's opinion of the Curraghmore 

 Hounds— From 1859 to ISSl— His Lordship's Hunt Servants— Ourselves— A Meet at 

 Guilcagh Cross— Small Meets— All the better for Sport— Author's Remarks and Opinions 

 —Corroboration— Ladies Hunting— The Dowager Marchioness— Mrs. Dick Roberts and 

 others— Numbers greatly increased— Those who went best— The Dowager Lady Water- 

 ford's Hunting— Her First Run— Grey Mist— Her wonderful Powers of Endurance— 

 Her Riding — Her Pluck — Mens sana in corpore sano — Her Pilot — Her Favourite 

 Hunters— Lord Waterford's Marriage— Lady Waterford's love of Hunting— Her Lady- 

 ship as a Judge of Hounds— Her Riding— In the Field— Her Ladyship as "Master"- 

 Author's Opinion— Her Favourite Horses— Always went well— Duke of Connaught s 

 Visit to Curraghmore— Good Sport— Osborne's Picture of Curraghmore Hunt— As a 

 Work of Art— Presented to Lord Waterford— A Sad Memento— Those who Hunted with 

 Xord Waterford— A Long List— More Names— Another List— An Indiscretion— Author 

 goes in for it— Best :Meu of the Welter Weights— Best of the Middle— Best of the Light 

 —Best of them all— Mr. Tom Lalor— Captain Slacke— Officers— Good men from Tippe- 

 rary — Kilkenny— Limerick — Wexford —Some names given — Permanent visitors — 

 *' Little Melton "—Great benefit to tradesmen, etc.— Will Rawle— A good servant and 

 plucky fellow — Trophies "Nose Boards" at Curraghmore Kennels — Digging not 

 resorted to— Exceptional cases— Good Runs- Shown by Lord Waterford- Author in 

 some— Interest likely to be shown— Halcyon days— Rhapsody— Astonishing fact— No 

 blank days— No hunting diary— Some dates not given— Other details correct— Particu- 

 lars of Runs— Several pages— Running v. Hunting a Fox— Fine Hunting Run— Run 

 in a snowstorm — Exploit of Mr. Tom Lalor and the Author— The Flying Graces— 

 "Damson pie"— Difference in Packs of Hounds— Lethargy of some— Dash of the Curragh- 

 mores— Breaking up their Fox— Good Sport— Princely magnificence— Scattered right 

 and left^-Happy relationships- None now remain— Painful duty— Ungarnished truth 

 — Unpleasant manifestations — Outrages — Newtown Wood — Ruffianly mob — Lord 

 Waterford stoned— Hounds stabbed— Result— Meeting of Hunt called— Proceedings as 

 recorded by Irish Sportsman of the day— Lord Waterford gives up Hunting from 

 Curraghmore. 



It seems natural that the Lords of Curraghmore, always famous 

 for their sporting proclivities, should be at the head of the foxhounds 

 of the country, and, owing to the circumstances I have just related, 

 it happened that the present Marquis, in the early part of 1870, took 

 that place. When taken over from Mr. Briscoe, the pack consisted 

 of about twenty-five or thirty couple of exceptionally well-bred 

 hounds ; they were first-class in their work, and gave Lord Waterford 

 a capital start. He had naturally a quick and accurate eye for a hound, 

 and spared no expense in procuring the best and most suitable blood 

 in England. His opportunities for getting good sires, owing to his 

 large circle of hunting friends, were greater than usually fall to the 

 lot of any Irish M.F.H., and, as the result showed, he, in a few years, 

 :got together a pack of nearly sixty couple of hounds, capable as 

 regards appearance, quality, and work of holding their own with the 



