The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-10-08

some ARGUMENTS URGED IN FAVOR
OF THE KlNGLY SPORT.
What 1t Costs to Raise Stag and
Gag the Game''-Thc Land De
voted to Deer EaisinS-The
Testimony.
IChica.,l Tim Is.

lChca%5 Times.l
Two of the lsalins English magazines n
tan i'll tn sir Sue5 for the present month
article dor Stalk ng" 1t APPEAR that
Chi5 KIN 81 port is IS attractive as ever,
tiou gh KIN .i..l t:rir flvorites ara not now
the only person VINO engage in it. Fortune,
not ram enable. n4o - hunt deer in the
forests 81 Cic, britain at the press day.
Last year, it Is nil, there were more brew
RS and baH!lsr, than blronS who went to
tae highlnn l. - Scotlands to engage in
stag-Luntihs. Several II ,bleInen have been
obliged to re 4t ont tlar der fore SIS in or
der to obtain monay t. keep up their estab-
Iishments. race Greeley once Informed
a subscrib's - asze him what he con
81 lere1 tH. bo ; bail liag material, that
: he had never tpuni nytaing that was IS
good gol Goa, AMI n large supply Of
IT, is essential to tho deer hunter
lt cost, in rent AMI care about $500 to
raise a stag. an nearly much more to
bag the gam Tn carcass is of no money
value to tn hunter Enough for one roast
may be reserved for his table, but .he re-
ialinder is given to attendants or neely
croftors, or seat a presents to friends at a
dstanc'. The "ust of taking q hunting
parry from /. IA lon t. the hig hlanis and
supporting them there during the hunting
season is veIy large An army of servants
one more pace OF hound, ani provisions
must be trans ptrted- An expensive house
must ID. erectal ;l! Furnished. 1t has be-
come the CT t. to furnish employment to
all the CRITTERS Al cattsr' in the vicinity of
a deer preserve during tie hunting season.
Tie own r o. IL e., of the forests desire to
keep on -usI ten w!th the iglbOring
iuhab.t. t. IN tin season i to them
not only t's.t..4I'Is hpli lay, but time
for IN akin - -. e /, more profitable To
sIem tn: 10 ST. hHIt.r.
DEER VERSUS SHEEP.
The am ,t.lt OF laI, ~ Scotland devoted
to dear-rl Is itI-netsl at about :, 0JD,-
900 acre.. Ga this Ialj about 1863 stays
and an equal nunhcr If hints arc shot each
year. Tle entire aun .er o. the deer fam
lily on the = 90 - - :.cfas o. game preserve
is ostim:t,l ~ - 90. tn rent pat down
for tue deg s"': this year amounts t.
ST., 1000 Itt:i has bcea sal not only ii
this cJuusty ia. "A Great Britain on the en-
ornity Of ,.eyosnt all this land to the rais-
my of deer, WON 1t might be proiitably en-
rloyol for III production of sheep and cat
tie. The commissioners appointed ID exam
ine into til, 60 :.,itiol of the crorteri gave
great aJtcltiol 20 this mater. There
seemed t. 0 abundant evidonce that it was
barely p iii, Tor oae Giack-faceI sheep to
gain a liviH:; uring the grazing season On
SIX acres IF this barren land, while thars
large tracts which twenty eheap
wpuil iinl II difficult to make living on
I60 aero.
The moss IN vorable estimate was that all
the deer forests III Scotland, il NtiizaI t.
the Ufn :. might put ON the market 49,
90 si:e - IN lambs aunu.llly. 1t was adj
nlittcd by all that the quality of the NUT
ton ;S"al lie Very poor AID most witnesses
thou ct il uuUlI be ne@c5 airy to carry ~
fool IL sup! Hrt the sheep during the Win
tcr IL W:s evidence that the proIriCtors
Of tte trrr forests kept the wolves in sub
iattt"r ":.i that they would be likely to
ovtrrt.s! IL country l. a!eep were kept in
steal IF t.s..r. Tue taer aro able to reach
th, hrarcie ii tie ~tunted trees an to eat
f1iia q tL3. wien the grass j. short
alt, Z .th.r wlai Ing. They can also 80 long
distance il each OF TOO |. Ia the winter
they crop a. ouIhs Ct ever5raen-, an |,
ii ,gin2 tur II the NOW with tEoir feet,
'ut III ;,EI dried grass.
N FAVOR OF THE HUNTERS.
the inh, 1t .nts OF tls bishlln /, allno st
without ""q,ioH, gave tss tlmony in favor
81 devo5ins Il. fore t. to bree ling ana rails
in. @o T.. 1he gi!lies and their kinsrnan
were all in favor OF tho huntar The
trader, Vr"itHd ~ thair pros ace, AMI
tu"ught they were the IenofaCtoTs of the
country, Even tao solemn pars.'n5 were
favorable - keeping IN the ancient sport of
devastating. Tley stated that uot only
them etvos hut many OF their poor parish
iopers Fsro I'm Ter great obligations to the
deer-hu,:t rs. The advocates Of tho abolj-
ton OF to ,lecr forests were chiefly pro
feSsional Fh!jaEtlropists AMI doma gsogueS
who Hysl ia llr-o towns remote from the
hishanl witness on baing asked how
it was that at one time in the highlands
according to Il f8vorite poat. every rood OF
land maintained It's man. replied that the
people 1T that happy period supported
the.l elve !,'iacipa!iy By making raids into
the fcrtila country of the lOEvlquderS and