The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29

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h hardly IN pgpsaar passimae . tAaS u
vpaa thirty tanss eGN IL n urea tAnA ammass
" many peupAa fellow the ehaaa te-AHg 90
then, hnk en- aeklve aneny % tho enege Aas
Arissn b IN twentlseh esatasy tAsaees.
Thlrsy years AGO Tho KnelisA haFHAag
vas proud and p'eased 20 A&ve q hnnA -
rsa ooaAOd hunAanbeA jUnap over kts fSneans
tramDls Aowa bio Srepa. fFiahtan hia dasafa
and run gusg npy SnEny eAild who happpnsd
TO BE- walking Rn the fiold. He used - oonna
nj Of his 0cteaas and ohssP luseiIy - the
huntsmsn dashed past. or n they paused
IN frone a. NM douf No and hAn vile would
esrve them With bhe Wherswithal 70 qusnoh
thor thru.
But an this b changed now. Tho Farmer
eeands eeUulink ct the procession a. n
daahes ~ his o0ttaes. He prOteots hAs
ields. 20 far a. he can by wirs fences. ehieh
are q menace 70 the hunasmsn. and he de-
mands ASAvy compensation for any danaaGe
done 10 kls erops on hlg cattle. I'm fact, Ao
lOOks upon hunting ~ IN svtL.
The keeIiMg aoainst tho chase n 90 strong
In certain d~istrists that tho chairman u
the Beedals HUNT suggested this season
that the hasssinG place for tho huntxEnsn
should be In Q village and near . school 90
that the risins gessfAtioa might srow ny
with reverence and affection for the uns
90 an i~nstitution OF thsir childhood, On
sxcitsmset, o prsssy pageant which they
loved to watch In their schoosdays. The
plan 10 q rsthsr foTiorn hope In this day %
county couneil sohoois, trade unions
and vOrkmsn's clubs. Very few far,nerp'
daughters or som hunt though nowadays
they would he gladly Welcomed In the
ranks In the hope Of oo~nciliatinS the farmer
himself.
The wire fence is. Of course. tho sreateSF
menace to the huntsmsn. The farnnes has
placed wire. Sometimes bafbsd wire. Aloaa
tho top 81 his stone wall. In many oasss
Il 10 20 keep the Cattle in; In more aaes9 b
10 TO keep tho huntsuen Out.
IL 10 safe to say thas tho Rreateae pro-
portion Of accidents during the chsss are
caused by this wlre. The horas leApe q
fanOe. He hes not aeon hat ID 10 wired
and does not jump high enough. his fees
catch In the wire and crash. down como
horse and rider. the ons seeAess forsvsr for
the hunt. and she other with only q hroken
leg IL he 10 lucky or yer serious injuries
II be In not.
the fence. ssea tho wire. comes TO q ahort
stop. and this time h 10 ths huntsman Who
10 the greater sufferer. Cor he 10 v~ioIensy
kaA..Z 49, - -S-lm- 49, -H-N.A
. broken neck or several smashed rfha.
Sometimes even when che rider 10 noe In
jured badly his hunting days are over, eUv
such . spill breaks a mans nerve.
There is no doubt that n this method N
Ksscina spreads stiA mors bunting In oas-
tain districts 10 doomed. The general sport
still In fox hunting, but in Rent some hunts
mon keep stags and dssr which they 20
frss and then chase over the countryside.
h stag rIns for his very life. mot grasp
Ing the fact that he b not really xoine 30
DO killed. but 10 only being 0sed TO sxercise
some cOrpuSent country gentlemen. Whsn
after q days run tho animal h eaptured,
he Ia taken back 10 prison again tilI bhs
time oomes for another hunt. The Rn1,
being naturally cunning. probably rather
enjoys lodging and turning and throvlnR
his pursuers OF the Ocent, but the sA6e
dies a thousand deaths. not understanding
that this 10 sport. :
A story b told in Kent, With great an
ioymsnt BY those opposed 10 hunting
and great indignation by those Who follow
the chase. An Americas woman Who
lives In the stag hunting district. cas-
amazed q short time 6 70 zee q young
doe dash through her grounds.
Presently right over her chevished Howsr
beds galloped souse scarlet coated, inn
posing huntsmen. Then ell che tarbayn
Frietchie element In her rose 10 faee khsm.
Majestically she walked into the sardsn A..
and ordered thsm or the premises. Worry
oourtsously the leader explained hat the
deer Yves hiding among her shrubs and
bushes. She said that wAs an added sssson
for their ieeving her grounds, 90 she would
not allow them 10 capture Il on her pI6cs.
The discounted Anntsraen sfssr q lons
during which they thrSassned
suits and various other l-noonvanlAnces.
r~etFested, Saving tho small Amaricen
and her children In poasession af cha o.
Tho poo animal vas dying kNSn srhxdsfjon
and panic. and In q fsN hOurA, nokwf1hetam1-
ina all the care they gave H, u wsaS 1ea
happier hunting ground. and gas hnr1sd
with great ceronnony under Gh@ bnahaN
where II had scught sheloer. 49,