HISTORY OF THE KILDARE HUNT 



Resolved that we whose names are hereunto 

 subscribed do promise to pay annually to the 

 Treasurer of the Hunt the sums annexed to our 

 respective names for the purpose of defraying the 

 expenses of such hounds, horses, servants, etc., as 

 Mr Henry shall think necessary, each person 

 agreeing to pay the amount of his subscription pre- 

 vious to the I St of November. 



Resolved that the whole management of the 

 hounds, and also of the hunting of the country for 

 the ensuing year be committed to the care of Mr 

 Henry with full power to purchase such horses, to 

 hire and discharge such servants, and fully to act 

 in all respects as to hounds and hunting as he shall 

 think fit. 



Mr John Narney succeeded the new Master as 

 Treasurer, and from another resolution passed at 

 the meeting it would appear that the Hunt Club 

 was at that time suifering from a difficulty common 

 among institutions of the sort, that is unpunctuality 

 in the payment of subscriptions. There is, unfor- 

 tunately, no record of the names of the public- 

 spirited individuals who subscribed to the list 

 mentioned in the resolution, but I take note of the 

 minute as an attempt, at least, at an early date to 

 adopt the modern method of a guaranteed sub- 

 scription for the hunt. 



To judge from the minute book, the Hunt con- 

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