. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . THE THIRD KARL IX TIIK HUXTIXG - FIELD. PEEP OIJAV BUY AS A PACKET STATION AND AFTER. 153 But it is as a sportsman that the third Earl of Howth enjoyedmost celebrity. His death was said to have left a gap that wouldnever be filled, and to have revived recollections of gloriousdays in the history of the Irish turf. His love of horses was life-long, and in his early years he was recognized as one of the bestand most determined riders in the United Kingdom. A Ger
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . THE THIRD KARL IX TIIK HUXTIXG - FIELD. PEEP OIJAV BUY AS A PACKET STATION AND AFTER. 153 But it is as a sportsman that the third Earl of Howth enjoyedmost celebrity. His death was said to have left a gap that wouldnever be filled, and to have revived recollections of gloriousdays in the history of the Irish turf. His love of horses was life-long, and in his early years he was recognized as one of the bestand most determined riders in the United Kingdom. A Germanprince, who visited Howth in 1829, found the castle stables and^kennels full of noble hunters and notable hounds, and relates howhe followed Lord Howth throughout a stag-hunt, of which notmany saw the end. Pavo in the Morning Post applauded LordHowth for the example which he set on the turf, and said that•a better judge of a horse or of racing never breathed. He picturedhim as a fine horseman, with a powerful, although light, England, as well as in Ireland, Lord Howths colours, whitebody with black sleeves and cap, were often successful. In1842 he carrie
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