The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-25

LIFE IN GALwAY-AN EQUEsfRrRNSE AFTER
OMALLEy's OwN HEART.-An incident occurred
lately in the county Of Galway, which think will
remind your Hibernian readers of Ireland sixty
years ago. The "Blaxers"-by which your Anne.
rican readers will understand celebrated pack
Of fox hounds in the county Of Galway--the
"Blazers." say, we're turned out for a days
port mot long since. Amongst those who were
mounted" ON this eventful day were q Saxon
Cowan, and Miss Caroline Persse. who. it would
eem from the sequel, regards Eve feet walls
md sunk fences Is mere nothings in her way.
when she rides after the ''Blazers.r In due
course Of time fox was put up, and the s.Bla-
GERS went on In full cry over what sportsmen
call ''stif country"-which means q country
plentifully studded with break-neck fences, stone
walls and rivers. ''The field" followed in good
style after the yelping packs and kept well tip
for time. The run was long and sharp one,
md before it had concluded, many Of the sports
men had pulled up their blown stceds, and many
blown stceds pulled themselves up because they
could 60 no further--snany riders through the
means of banking horses had their persons IN
pleasantly elected into furxe bushes and stsg
nant pools, and numbers dispersed, looking
for gaps" and the open country. The result
Was that Of . numerous field only about half
! dozen were left who honestly followed the
hounds, and this plucky half dozen included
Miss Caroline Persse and the two gallant mill
tary men already mentioned On this trio went,
the lady leading the way, taking her fences In
beautiful style, never banking, always well up
with the pack; and following her like men whose
whole reputation depended on the result of the
run, came the captain and the lieutenant On
they went. now coursing pleasantly over green
fields, now laundering through soft, ploughcd
iand, or splashing through bogs-on they went,
over hedge, ditch and wall, until it became q
personal matter between the three. Many plucky
leaps, which must remain forever unrecorded.
were taken in their course, until they came to a
huge fence, with q yillainous grippe on either
ace, filled With pesty green water, and any
quantity of brambles and rubbish Of AL kinds
m the top. Miss Caroline Persse went at this
lgly obstacle with the condensed determine
Ion Of fourteen strong minded females, and,
NTH her mare, reached the other side in safety.
Capt Lopdell faced il like man resolved to do |
y die, but unfortunately his animal failed in |
he jump, and threw the gallant captAin, who |
lislocated his collar bone IN the fall The lieu.
enant, no way cowarded by the sad tate Of his |
,omrade, next came on; and all that man could |
10 with whip, and spur, and voice, be did to |
ross that fence. But al to no purpose. twas
ated Otherwise, for his steed bsulked 90 awk- |
rardly that The lieutenant was shot out of the /
addle and dashed against the ditch. When
from the water into which he had fall
90, It was discovered that he had fractured his I
nigh. Thiss then, b the sad story Of those two
p0rtsmen. who came to grief through attempt
ng % follow Galway lady. will add, for the
aslssacaoA o. sAch Of your readers IS are of |
keptseA turn of mind, that this il not the in
entioo Of pour correspondent. nor extrseted
tom character in the life and adventures Of