320 HUNTING PRELIMINARIES. 



different packs. The following rates of subscription are taken 

 chiefly from that book : — 



Blencathra. " The minimum subscription is 2s. 6d." 



Eskdale. " All subscriptions are accepted ; these vary from 

 three guineas to one shilling." 



East Essex. The minimum subscription is los. 6d. 



Mid-Devon. The minimum subscription is £i is. 



Craven. The minimum subscription is i^io. 



Blackmore Vale. " Strangers are expected to subscribe to 

 the Poultry Fund at least ^lo." 



Mr. Fernie's and the Pytchley. Minimum subscription is 

 £2$. An increased subscription would be expected from a 

 family with more than one hunting member. 



Whaddon Chase. The minimum subscription is ;^35. 



Grafton. The minimum subscription is ";!^35 payable in 

 advance. This does not entitle a non-resident to bring a 

 friend." 



Quorn. The minimum subscription in Lord Lonsdale's 

 time was £2^ ; and £^0 was levied on a man who took 

 a hunting box, even if he had no family ; because he 

 would most probably have hunting visitors. Under the 

 present popular mastership of Captain Burns-Hartopp, there 

 is no hard and fast rule as to subscriptions to the Quorn. 



Bedale. About ^5 a horse is the usual subscription. 



Duke of Beaufort's. " Gentlemen other than land and 

 covert owners are expected to subscribe at the rate of at 

 least ;^iO per annum for every day per week they hunt." 



The Vale of White Horse Hunt charge men a similar 

 subscription, and ladies £c^. 



Bicester and Warden Hill. " Visitors for the hunting season 

 at least ^10 per horse. Other strangers ;^35, unless sub- 

 scribers of at least £2^ to an adjoining pack, when iJ'io is 

 required." The enhanced subscription for " other strangers " 

 is of course made (and very rightly) to lessen the number 



