342 HUNTING PRELIMINARIES. 



Quorn. The minimum subscription for those who hunt 

 regularly is 40. 



Bedale. About 5 a horse is the usual subscription. 



Duke of Beaufort's. " Gentlemen other than land and 

 covert owners are expected to subscribe at the rate of at 

 least 10 per annum for every day per week they hunt." 



The Vale of White Horse Hunt charge men a similar 

 subscription, and ladies 5. 



Fig. 223. A second season cut-and-laid hedge, about 4 ft. high. 



Bicester and Warden Hill. " Visitors for the hunting season 

 at least 10 per horse. Other strangers 35, unless sub- 

 scribers of at least 25 to an adjoining pack, when 10 is 

 required." The enhanced subscription for " other strangers " 

 is of course made (and very rightly) to lessen the number 

 of chance visitors who would like to make a convenience 

 of the hunt without giving an adequate return. The object 

 for thus penalising them is more to keep down the size of 

 the field, than to get money for the hunt. In olden times, 

 when communication was difficult, this necessity did not 



