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the fences he did bound.
But he was capsized and lost the Prize that day in Adamstown.
VII
Now I'll give a cheer to young Williams
and likewise to Mr. West
to valiant Day and noble Maher
and Whitney I protest.
Give a cheer to all the sportsmen
that assembled on the ground
till the end of time may Downs
long shine in sporting Adamstown.
Composed by Thomas Broaders
Gort na buaile
in the year of 1870
There were two men at the races of Adamstown in 1870 and they didn't meet for nearly sixty years afterwards and says one of them to the other "begob Jim I never see anywan failed like you since we met last."