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The motion is put, so, I'll as you advise 



Join the party which votes with the '* Raby *' 



black * * ayes ' ' 

 For the rest of the Hunt ; I can scarcely suppose 

 That many will go with the common red " noes." 



It is believed that these rules are still in 

 force, as there is no record of their having 

 been cancelled or amended at any General 

 Meeting of the Hunt ; which would appear 

 to be necessary, as they were originally 

 passed at such a Meeting. 



It is somewhat difficult now-a-days to 

 get people together, but I think it would be 

 a capital thing if the Hunt Club was not 

 merely one in name and uniform, but one 

 in deed ; and that once a year at least, a 

 dinner should be held in conformity with the 

 principle laid down by Lord Darlington, 

 when he established his Hunt Club in the 

 Badsworth country, at Ferrybridge. ' ' That 

 sportsmen should meet together pretty often 

 to discuss their sport, the preservation of 

 foxes, the making of coverts, and anything 

 likely to improve the country from a fox- 

 hunting point of view.'* 



Man is venal, but it is wonderful what 

 a cheery dinner, good company, and a glass 

 or two of the Foxhunter's beverage will do 

 in the way of smoothing difficulties, enlisting 

 sympathy, recruiting keenness, and sustaining 

 flagging ardour. 



Writing of Hunt Clubs, reminds me of one 

 that has, I daresay, been almost forgotten; 

 but which in its day was a most prosperous 



