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The foregoing records the names of those who hunted regularly 

 with Lord Waterford, but other gentlemen deserve to be chronicled, 

 notably Ambrose Congreve of Mount Congreve, Edward Quin of 

 Shanakill, Joseph Stephenson of Fairbrook, Captain Harry Dawson 

 of Blenheim, John Medlycott of Rockett's Castle, Tatrick Mahon 

 Power of Faithlegg, Henry Morris of Bell Lake, Thomas Hunt of 

 Kockmount, Congreve Rogers of Tramore, John Maguire of Mount 

 Congreve, sporting Tom Widger and his five hard-riding sons, all of 

 CO. Waterford. Phen in co. Kilkenny we had Dawson Mil ward of 

 Tullagher, Thomas Spencer of Waterford, Pat. Henneberry of Ring- 

 ville, John Jones of Mullinabrow, and his sons John, Willie, and 

 Henry, Alec Anderson of Ballymountain, Edward Bowers of Clogga, 

 Dan. Osborne of Silverspring, John Walshe of Fanningstown, David 

 Coghlan of Cassawn, Pat Coghlan of South Lodge, the Quinlans of 

 Manganstown, John Hyland of Ballyneale, as also the two gentlemen 

 I have before alluded to, Henry Bowers and Ned Briscoe. 



All the gentlemen whom I have in the last paragraph enumerated 

 gave the most substantial support to our old Hunt. Some of them 

 did not take active part in the field, but through their love of sport 

 and by zealous preservation of foxes enabled others to do so. Mr. 

 Osborne would have included the likeness of each in his picture, but 

 they would neither give him a sitting nor send a photograph. 



As a rule it is as indiscreet to refer in print to any man who may 

 be considered better to hounds than his companions as it is to mention 

 who had the best of certain runs. Men go out to hunt to enjoy them- 

 selves, and to ride according as it suits their individual tastes ; it 

 must, therefore, be very objectionable to some who may have gone a 

 run well, and, at all events, to their own satisfaction, to see others 

 tracked up in the papers because they went better. We have quite 

 enough records of "competitive examination" without adding tha 

 hunting-field to the category. There are, however, exceptions to 

 every rule, and, in the face of my foregoing statement, I shall name 

 those who, in my opinion, were our best men. 



Looking over the names of these gentlemen, some of whom I had 

 the pleasure of meeting for many years in the hunting-field, and were 

 dear friends of mine, and all of whom I have often seen going to 

 hounds, I will say that among those riding fifteen stone and upwards 

 none could touch the present Lord Waterford, or Wray Palliser, when 

 the latter was in his heyday, which was in Lord Henry's and Mr 

 Briscoe's time. 



Among the middle-weight class riding about fourteen stone Sir 

 Robert Paul was one of the best men to hounds in the third Lord 

 Waterford's field, but he never hunted after Lady Paul's death in 

 1858. The late Henry Briscoe, Joseph Strangman, D. K. Cummins, 

 Johnny Medlycott, and William Mulcahy were first-rate men to 

 hounds, and were at all times able to keep the pace with the light- 

 weights. 



