306 REMINISCENCES OF 



of Mr. Whyte- Melville (convener), Sir T. 

 Erskine and Mr. Oswald — any two a quorum 

 — and Messrs. W. and G. Pagan to be hon. 

 secretaries and treasurers. 

 " 5. General meetings of shareholders shall be 

 held on the first Tuesday of February and 

 first Tuesday of April in each year, for the 

 purpose of transacting all necessary busi- 

 ness. 

 " 6. Any shareholder may assign his interest in 

 the hounds, but only to a person to be 

 approved of by the remaining shareholders 

 at the meeting to be held on the first Tuesday 

 of February. 

 " 7. Each shareholder shall have a vote for every 

 share he holds at all meetings, and in all 

 matters connected with the company. 

 "The secretaries and treasurers were also in- 

 structed to apply for a lease of the New Inn kennels 

 for one year." 



It will thus be seen that a sum of ^1,100 was 

 raised in forty-four shares of ^^25 each, and the 

 committee purchased the pack for the shareholders 

 from the then proprietors for ^800. Colonel 

 Babington became the master, with Ben Painting, 

 huntsman ; Jack Shepherd and George Ferguson, 

 whips. 



When the Fife Hounds became a subscription 

 pack in 1805, my father got a copy of the rules of 

 the Pytchley Hunt. 



