not a "club membership" basis, and must be open 

 to all, and made in spirit and de facto a benefit 

 to the community, not a private amusement. The 

 days of doing things half way have passed if fox- 

 hunting is to live with us. Every detail of the 

 sport must be perfected for the pleasure of all sub- 

 scribers that the novices may be the more pleased 

 and the knowing ones kept contented at home and 

 not forced to go abroad for their hunting. Most im- 

 portant of all, means and materials for economically 

 building wooden or stone fencing must be provided 

 by the hunt for those needing the same — otherwise 

 wire will be used and the hunting eventually come to 

 an end in consequence. 



Foxhunting became a great public institution 

 in Great Britain and remains so in spite of every- 

 thing only because its privileges and responsibilities 

 are understood and lived up to. To-day in America 

 the fate of this last relic of the ancient chase lies in 

 the balance and only wise usage and broad under- 

 standing will make its continuance possible. Re- 

 membering therefore, that this great sport has 

 reached its zenith in the British Isles because it is 

 every^vhere considered as a benefit for all rather 

 than a plaything for the few, let us note what cus- 

 toms for master and field constitute by given consent 

 the Unwritten Laws of Foxhunting. 



