A BIT OF BACKGROUND BEFORE WE START  , I was a ex Hunt Servant now (Hunt Staff bu always tied house)  in the 80,s as a boy with My home pack in 1977 but really from 1981 to 1985 I adored the hounds and horses lovely people back then different World then, my local pack was the Still is now The North Cotswold a farmers pack. Sabs most of you won’t understand that but I ONLY Tell the Truth , won’t understand this but the fox was a Wild clever Beautiful Mammal basically in his last season The Master Huntsman was stabbed in the Back a Good Honest sporting man not the best huntsman he’s still alive must be in his 90,s not seen him for 19 years I spoke to him about 5 years ago I’ve seen some amazing horseman and Woman All the staff left and I was asked to stay on like a young fool they used me I was the only one to that knew all the the Hounds names 64 hounds yes they all had ear tattoos and numbers but much quicker to learn them off someone else and you could cross reference I was right to year of birth and number starting at 1 anyway I totally disliked the New Professional he forgot his self at times and course I saw things I did not like , so I was ready to stop going and I was told by a man I never forgive I was not needed , I never hunted on my bike either Karma was restored he had the sack by eMid Dec  but we won’t go into that.

So I had a 4 year start on most lads he learnt me to ride I had maybe 12 days hunting on one of the KH horses from 1983 to the end 1985/season , when l left home I worked and lodged with Roy to finish my riding off for 8 months god when I left he already had a job for me I was just 17 and passed my driving Test and he said he made me the best I could be 85 % as good as him the biggest compliment I ever had ,  and Ending in Dec 1990 due to illness I Never had the sack or black Mark against my name the lies only started against me when me and another ex hunt servant a TOP hound man and hunted Beagles KH to Foxhounds and Huntsman to same pack Foxhounds and his own Bassets both  way way prior the HA 2004 when well out of Fox hunting he kept his own GV   Bassets and when the HA came in he adapted like he would to a Rabbit Pack he kept them going like that till his knees went in 2016 I guess I went to his last day  it was like a PTP then he decided to give them to 2 friends and NOT one was Put down. I have 40 years Knowledge he has over 55 years by today , we were fed up of listening to rubbish on a private site maybe 2 we both backed each other with the TRUTH idiots did not like it so banned us of the sites , lol.

All forms of hunting has always been regulated. By The MFHA from its not beginning that be as early as 1653 foxhounds for sure or earlier .

The body all HUNTS are Affiliated  to ( bar UNREGISTERED  PACKS ) ,Proof of This can be seen via by The Yearly Red BIBLE Which Started in 1897 and the Final Hardbook Bible was the 2006/07  with a special black Cover which I am looking At as we   Speak ! Just cos the yearly Bible started in 1897 that does not mean the MFHA Pre dates this and I’m not remotely interested ! 
I only started Buying Copies of 2nd hand and a New final Copy  3 years ago,I only got 15 copies  the oldest I have is 1925/26, I have the Copy which covered a decade from 1939 to 49 the 2nd World War years and more  .
Some older old school man have the complete range 1897 to 2006/7 what 110 hardback books, the early years were so in depth .in those days Rich men owned Packs of hounds and when they packed up they sold them on these men paided entirely for everything private Packs you were invited to go out with them unless you were the landowner or farmer and course you were welcomed.

Depending on the Size of the Pack and income against Expenditure. The yearly hunt Affiliation Money per pack was different and then every hunt paided there insurance though The MFHA,So Foxhounds, Staghounds , Beagles Bassets Harriers and Otterhound then Mink hounds were affiliated.Foxhound I’m mainly talking about but it applies to much lesser  cost to all forms of hunting Masters of any Foxhound Pack had to pay £300 the last I heard for the Previlge  Only after 2006/07 A nice manPeter kept a online yearly subscription site I had a free membership a year  for making criticism of how hunting had got into the mess it had 4 years ago ,but nobody of the Them were interested in reading it. The Hunts were so out Date with huntsman Masters, Secretaries I would not of bought a subscription not Peters Fault he could not get the Info from what had become The Mafia Underworld !  There is a offical White Book which All Masters, Pro Huntsman and I believe Secretaries get one  well they did when the MFHA was the Governing Body but they had cocked the future up so badly over 40 years I remember , they had to step back they were backed in a Corner, included in the Afflliation hunt fee entitled Packs to use The Kennel Stud book of each hounds Pedigree in them traceable back a very long time. The MFHA run the Hunt Servant Benefit Society and Hunt Fund a separate Charity where I admit I get a bit of money out of and I am a member and have a Pension pot but since my illness you cannot Pay into a Pension unless it’s income from employment, in fairness in the time I was a hunt servant no other Pension could touch it because of leagices etc but due to the mess hunting is In  ,but the Hunting Office Near Cirencester charge the Hunt Fund the charity £23,000  which has 4 Trustees ( unpaided) and I’m appalled for the work involved from the Hunting office