5-4 



Wary, by Milton Messmate — before the hammer fell, reached 135gs. 

 The other lots ranged from lOgs. to VOgs. each. 



Table of the Two Sales. 



Dog Pack of 44 couple 915 gs. or £960 15s. 



Bitch ,, 38^ ,, 904 ,, 949 4s. 



Total... 821 ^, 1819 „ £1,909 19f». 



Thus were the famous Curraghmore hounds scattered all over 

 England just when they had attained the zenith of their fame and 

 excellence. And through following the doctrines preached by the 

 mj^-midons of the Land League the evil-disposed portion of the people 

 of Lord Waterford's country annihilated there, perhaps for ever, the 

 noble sport of foxhunting ! 



Xo doubt alcove was a great price, and ranks, with few exceptions, 

 alongside the highest foxhounds ever sold for ; but it must be borne 

 in mind that these were two packs of perfectly pure-bred foxhounds, 

 all well trained and excellent workers, not a faulty hound among 

 them, all level, and all of the Belvoir tan. I therefore do not think 

 Lord Waterford's hounds fetched as much as they were worth. 



It may be convenient here to have a table of the names of those 

 who hunted the Curraghmore hounds from their establishment in 

 1844 till the Hunt was broken up exactly forty years afterwards. 



Chronological Table of Mastees of the Cureaghmore Hunt. 



Chronological Table of Huntsmen. 



