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and I do not think I lost any sovereigns by waiting, 

 while I certainly lost a lot of sport through remaining 

 too long at the meets." 



In these days the many who are desirous of hunting 

 for short periods, and who are undecided where to go, 

 can find out what subscription is required in nearly 

 every hunt, because the amounts are very often pub- 

 lished in Baily^s Hunting Directory. Thus for those 

 who hunt regularly the minimum subscription to the 

 Quorn is ^^40, to the Pytchley £2^ (and a £2. cap for 

 non-subscribers), to the Woodland Pytchley £20^ and 

 to Mr. Fernie's ^^25. Here we have the subscriptions 

 to four of the six Shire packs, but the amounts required 

 in the Belvoir and Cottesmore countries are not made 

 public. Then in the Atherstone the minimum is ^15, 

 in the Warwickshire there is a £2 cap (landowners, 

 farmers, and subscribers of ^10 excepted), while in the 

 North Warwickshire there is no minimum subscrip- 

 tion, but a £2 cap is taken from non-subscribers. In 

 the Meynell country a subscription of £2^ qualifies 

 for the hunt button, but smaller sums are taken, 

 and in the Duke of Beaufort's country those who are 

 not land or covert owners are expected to subscribe 

 ^10 per annum for every day per week they hunt. In 

 the Essex country the minimum subscription is ^30, 

 and no cap is taken; in the Garth Hunt £\^^ and a cap 

 of £\ for non-subscribers; while in the Bicester 

 country ^10 per horse is expected of all visitors, but 

 not from covert-owners or landowners. In the Black- 

 more Vale subscriptions are also governed by the 

 number of horses kept, and the number of days on 

 which subscribers hunt, and in the Burstow the mini- 

 mum is £2^^ with a £\ cap to strangers, this being a 

 very high subscription for a two-days-a-week pack, 



