142 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



the Hunt. Their membership to cease 

 on leaving the Bedale country, unless 

 specially allowed to continue their mem- 

 bership by resolution of the Club Com- 

 mittee. 



4. All members to be elected by a majority 

 of the Club Committee. 



5. Only members of the Club allowed to 

 wear the Bedale Hunt coat and button. 



6. There is to be at least one General 

 Meeting of members of the Club, between 

 November 1st and Catterick Races 

 every year. 



There was some discussion as to what the 

 colour of the collar and facings of the 

 evening coat should be. 



The matter was put to the vote, and the 

 following verses were written by a poetically 

 inclined member, in answer to a circular 

 letter on the subject. 



" Dear David, your circular asks me to vote 

 On a question of vital importance : — the coat 

 Which our members shall wear when the ' ' Bedale * * 



they follow 

 And yearn for a hark of your musical holloa. 



For the coat in itself — no more on that head, 

 As a fox-hunter's colour will always be red. 

 But the point in dispute seems the colour of collar 

 We shall wear of a night, when our dinners we 

 swallow. 



A motion is made that we shall go back 

 To the old * ' Raby ' ' days i and the collar be black. 

 An amendment is moved, by whom 'tis not said, 

 That the coat and the collar alike, shall be red. 



