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sport over their res[)ective estates. 2nd, Tliat a general meeting of tlie 

 sul)scribers be convened tor 5th April, 1845, at Rock Ferry Hotel, at 8 p.m., 

 to agree upon rules and regulations for the management of the Hunt. 



The above-named landowners cordially granted the desired permission, 

 and Mr. Rawson and others busied themselves in procuring the same 

 privilege in various other quarters. 



E.\TK.\CT l-KOM THE FIRST MlXUTE BoOK OF THE HuNT. 



On the morninf; of the 29th March, 1845, we, the undersigned, waited upon 

 (icorgc King, Esq., at Bcbington Hall, when he was not at home. On the 

 evening of the same day we again called upon him, and were most kindly 

 received. He at once granted permission for the members of the Hunt to sport 

 over his estate with their beagles. 



In answer to a question, "whether or not it will be necessary for Rector 



King, of Woodchurch, also to be seen on the same subject ?" he replied in the 



negative, his permission being sufficient. We proposed to make him an 



lionorarv member, to which he assented. r- « t 



C. KAwsox, Junk. 



J. T. R.WNES. 



Mr. Joseph Hegan most kindly granted permission for the Hunt to sport 

 over his estates to Mr. Rawson. This was done in a railway carriage between 

 Liverpool and Manchester. 



Pending the arrangements for securing a good hunting country, the 



subscribers busied tliemselves in framing rules for the club, and forming 



an efficient executive for the management of the Hunt. If we look at 



the list of members, we can see readily enough, among the names of the 



first si.Kty subscribers, plenty of good material from which to select a 



capital committee of management ; sportsmen whose names still live with 



us, and whose deeds are recorded in the annals of the Hunt. 



The general meeting called for the 5th April, 1845, was duly held, 



and the following subscribers were present : — 



G. J. Wainwright (in the chair}, 



H. IJarton, W. Robinson, Thcaiias Clint, 



W. W. Perry, J. P. Amey, E. Mengens, 



J. T. Raynes, J. C Kemp, W. Comer, 



W. Parkinson, H. Jenkins, G. Comer. 



The meeting formulated the following rules (which were revised 24th 

 April, 1S63, and again revised 7th October, 1889), and appointed a 

 committee of ten members, to hold office till the general meeting, in 

 August, 1S46, viz. : — 



C. Rawson, Junior, Chairman (and Head of the Hunt), 

 W. W. Terry, G. Comer, R. Hemingway, 



J. B. Amey, S. Vertue, A. L. Edgar, 



G. J. ^\'ainwright, J. Higginson, 



J. T. Raynes, Secretary and Treasurer. 



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