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THE TEINITY FOOT BEAGLES 



T.F.B. BALANCE SHEET 



Season 190G-7 



Total £286 16 



Expenditure. 



Keep of hounds 

 Brake and Van bills 

 li. Floate (" BoIj ") . 

 Printing and Stationer} 

 Farmers' Dinner 

 Kennel rei)airs 

 Rates and taxes 

 Annual payment to the 



Parker and Ball loan 

 Sundries 



Total £286 16 



Doubtless this was au exceptionally prosperous year, for, barring 

 the debt un the Kennels, there was even a slight profit. The differ- 

 ence between the October and Lent term subscriptions would 

 presumably be due to Whips making their contributions at the 

 beginning of the season. The balance sheet does not go into details, 

 but it clearly distinguishes between what must be the inevitable 

 expenses of all packs of beagles, and those which are necessitated by 

 the special conditions of University life, namely, the brake and 

 beagle van, the printing and the farmers' dinner. It must be 

 remembered in regard to other expenses that the Trinity Beagles are 

 the only hunt that can put two alternative packs in the field. 



The subscription on which the hunt is carried on is 30s. a term, 

 the special condition of University life cutting the hunting season 

 in two. This is for private subscribers; Whips pay £10 a season 

 each. Also the brake used on driving days is not included in the 

 subscription, it is paid for by those who use it at 25s. per term. 

 But the cost of conveying hounds to the meet is included in the 

 subscription. As therefore these two items are lumped together 

 under one head in " expenditure," while, under " receipts," hunt and 

 brake subscriptions are not entered separately, it is none too easy to 

 disentangle the details of finance. In J. S. Carr-Ellison's year, the 



