306 HUNTING. 



HUNT SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



Perhaps it may not be out of place to say something 

 about what a lady should do if she desires to join 

 a hunt and has no menkind to arrange such business 

 matters for her. Every woman who hunts should 

 (and usually does, I believe,) contribute her share of 

 payment towards the sport in which she participates. 

 If a lady is well off, and intends to hunt regularly, she 

 would probably not give less than ^25 ; but the Quorn 

 and some other fashionable hunts lay down no hard 

 and fast rule concerning the amount to be subscribed, 

 which varies according to individual circumstances. 

 The minimum subscription to the Pytchley is ^25 

 for a man and 10 for a lady. Lord North, who 

 is Chairman of the Committee of the Warwickshire 

 Hunt, states (The Field, 2Oth December, 1902), in a 

 very generous manner, that " fox-hunting must never 

 be allowed to become the sport of the rich alone. It 

 is a national sport, and must be open to all to rich 

 and poor alike." There is, however, a recognised 

 sum which qualifies the donor for hunt membership ; 

 for instance : the Craven minimum subscription, with 

 membership, is 10 ; the Crawley and Horsham, 

 15 guineas; while subscribers of ^25 to the Meynell 

 hunt are privileged to wear the hunt button. In 

 several .hunts Lord Fitzwilliam's, Mr. Bathurst's, 

 the Belvoir, when hunted by the Duke of Rutland, 

 and others the Master hunts the country at his own 



