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none. Upon the passing of the Curragh Act about 18G1 he was 

 appointed to the Raugership. 



As an Irish landlord he was an example to many. His almost 

 constant residence was at Moore Abbey. He employed labour to a 

 large extent, far more than many possessing larger demesnes. He 

 furthered with purse, precept, and personal attendance our useful 

 rural institutions, while Horse and Agricultural Shows received his 

 special attention. Residing and spending his income among his 

 tenants, he was a good and indulgent landlord to all those he found 

 deserving ; at the same time he asserted his rights from those who 

 were not so. He was a staunch Conservative in politics, but whenever 

 he became convinced that a change was desirable he always supported 

 it. He was singularly abstemious in all his habits. 



To state that Lord Drogheda's character was unsullied by even the 

 slightest insinuation is but to mention what the world knows and 

 what history must always record. 



During the sixties and seventies his colours were constantly seen 

 at our important race and steeplechase meetings. None were more 

 welcome than the " black and silver," for apart from the popularity 

 of their owner, the public knew full well that the horse which carried 

 them was run to win. 



I may mention some of his best horses which I remember, and I 

 begin with the steeplechasers. Oberon, a brown gelding, which he 

 bought for £200 from among the hunters at Lord Waterford's sale in 

 .June, 1859. This horse, with Dan Meany up, I saw win several good 

 races. Westmeath, with Captain Warburton in the saddle, won the 

 Kildare Hunt Cup at Punchestown four times in five years. Other 

 good horses were Templemore, Robin Hood, Satanella, and Tambourine. 



Among the flat-racers I remember Philammon, Spahi, Minette, Cul- 

 verine, Miriam, Aspasia, Commodore Trunnion, Francis Joseph, 

 Sisj^phus, Mons Meg, Hypatia, King Rene, Swivel, La Rose, Allen-a- 

 dale, and Pelagia, who was an own sister to Philammon. This fine 

 mare, together with Tambourine, were burned to death in a fire which 

 accidentally occurred at Moore Abbey stables. 



His favourite jockeys were Dan Meany, Johnnj^ Whelan, John Con- 

 nolly, Denny and Frank Wynne, also the English jockey Macdonald. 

 His gentlemen riders were Captain Charles Warburton, Captain Arthur 

 Smith, and Mr. George Knox. I heard him say that he considered Dan 

 Meany one of the best steeplechase riders he ever saw. 



Although he did not go in for breeding upon extensive lines, pre- 

 ferring to do a little well to doing much imperfectly, Lord Drogheda 

 bred several good horses. The best were, I think, Philammon, Spahi, 

 and Miriam. 



Philammon, foaled in 1874, by Solon out of Satanella, was a very 

 good horse. He ran second to Fashion for the Chester Cup in 1880, 

 and was second to Prestonpans for the Liverpool Autumn Cup same 

 year. In 1881, when seven years old, he won the Liverpool Spring 



