HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Committee would feel " that this favourite sport 

 should be attended with as many advantages as 

 possible to the country and with as few disadvan- 

 tages or injury." With this object in view they had 

 passed resolutions " that though they wished to 

 give satisfaction and attention to the people of the 

 country with regard to any losses or damages sus- 

 tained by foxes, yet in so doing they presume it 

 will not be expected that they will go beyond their 

 means, and what the state of things or subscrip- 

 tions will admit of." They acknowledged that " at 

 times, much contrary to their wishes, they were 

 only able to answer in part the various demands for 

 losses sustained made upon them." They decided 

 that in future all applications for losses sustained 

 must be presented and vouched for by a member 

 or subscriber to the hunt " and not by affidavit," 

 and they asked members to prefer the claims of 

 " those alone who can least afford such losses " 

 and to reduce the claims " as near as possible to 

 the real and actual loss, a course which would con- 

 siderably assist the committee in giving that 

 general satisfaction to all, which they would be 

 most anxiously disposed to do." 



A letter placed upon record at a meeting held 

 at TimoHn on March 25, 1808, may be set out 

 here. 



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