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of the honorary members — an event which is looked 

 forward to by those attending with considerable 

 pleasure, affording, as it does, an opportunity for 

 members of the craft of meeting together and having 

 a chat over matters of interest connected with their 

 avocation. It is to be hoped, in the interest of the 

 servants who may be hereafter engaged, that the 

 different masters of hounds will make it a sine qua 

 non that each one shall become a member of the 

 Hunt Servants' Benefit Society, which has for its 

 object a suitable provision against sickness and old 

 age, whilst in case of death, the widows, orphans, 

 or other relations are entitled to an allowance. The 

 society now comprises about 1850 honorary and 

 300 benefit members, and it is greatly to be desired 

 that every lady or gentleman who is in the habit of 

 riding to hounds will assist so beneficial a project, 

 as some slight return for the sport that is afforded 

 them by the exertions of so excellent a class of 

 servants as the huntsmen and whips belonging 

 to the different packs throughout the kingdom. 

 Already the society is in a flourishing state, and, 

 as nothing succeeds like success, I trust that on 

 the occasion of the next annual meeting there 

 will be a still larger number of subscribers and a 

 great addition to the funds of this excellent 

 society. 



