140 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



Said he kept his horses on wheat and barley straw. 

 Agricultural depression was what he was most inter- 

 ested in. Rents must be reduced. Was ordered to 

 withdraw. 



Other appUcants were R. O. Harrild, W. Harrild, 

 W. P. Gill, T. G. Walker, and T. Riley, who all 

 looked in a woe-begone condition. They said they had 

 on one occasion heard of something to do at York, but 

 it did not turn out successful. They had been up and 

 down the country looking for employment but found 

 it harder to get every day. While the Chairman's 

 attention was momentarily engaged, one of them 

 produced a pack of cards and began deahng out a Poker 

 hand all round, but they were promptly removed from 

 court in an excited condition. R. O. Harrild seemed 

 particularly annoyed, and it turned out afterwards 

 that he had four aces. 



The members then dispersed, and returned to their 

 homes to dig sticks into the ground and see what the 

 glass was doing. 



The affairs of the old ' ' Raby Hunt 

 Bedale Club/' established in 1816, seem 

 rather to have languished ; and during Cap- 

 tain Wilson-Todd's Mastership, a revision 

 of the rules, bringing matters more up to 

 date, took place. The following, being those 

 passed at a meeting of the members of the 

 Hunt. 



Rules of the ''Bedale Hunt Club." 



1. The Club to be called the Bedale Hunt 

 Club. 



2. The affairs of the Club to be managed by 

 a Committee, elected at the Annual 

 General Meeting of the Hunt. The 



