3o6 HUNTING. 



HUNT SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



Perhaps it may not be out of place to say something 

 about what a lady should do if she desires to join 

 a hunt and has no menkind to arrange such business 

 matters for her. Every woman who hunts should 

 (and usually does, I believe,) contribute her share of 

 payment towards the sport in which she participates. 

 If a lady is well off, and intends to hunt regularly, she 

 would probably not give less than ^25 ; but the Quorn 

 and some other fashionable hunts lay dow^n no hard 

 and fast rule concerning the amount to be subscribed, 

 which varies according to individual circumstances. 

 The minimum subscription to the Pytchley is ^25 

 for a man and ^10 for a lady. Lord North, who 

 is Chairman of the Committee of the Warwickshire 

 Hunt, states [The Field, 20th December, 1902), in a 

 very generous manner, that " fox-hunting must never 

 be allowed to become the sport of the rich alone. It 

 is a national sport, and must be open to all — to rich 

 and poor alike." There is, however, a recognised 

 sum which qualifies the donor for hunt membership ; 

 for instance : the Craven minimum subscription, with 

 membership, is ^10; the Crawley and Horsham, 

 15 guineas; while subscribers of ^25 to the Meynell 

 hunt are privileged to wear the hunt button. In 

 several hunts — Lord Fitzwilliam's, Mr. Bathurst's, 

 the Belvoir, when hunted by the Duke of Rutland, 

 and others — the Master hunts the country at his own 



