CHAPTER XI 

 SIR EDWARD KENNEDY, 1868-1874 



THE terms upon which Sir Edward Kennedy 

 took over the Hunt were set out in the report 

 of a meeting of the members held at the 

 Royal Hotel, Naas, on November 12, 1869. They 

 differ little from those upon which the Hunt had 

 been conducted by former Masters. The guarantee 

 was raised to ^^ 1,900, and the Master undertook to 

 provide seven days hunting a fortnight. The ac- 

 counts for the preceding season show a subscrip- 

 tion of ;£i,432 only; but field money to the amount 

 of £40^ odd, brought the income for the season 

 1868-9 to the sum mentioned as necessary, and Sir 

 Edward's Mastership accordingly opened without 

 any anxiety on the score of ways and means. I note 

 in the accounts a donation of fifty guineas from the 

 9th Lancers, and as usual at similar meetings there 

 were enthusiastic sportsmen who came forward as 

 guarantors for various sums beyond their subscrip- 

 tions, in case the general fund did not reach the 

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