The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
THE MODERN sPORTSWOMa N.
Number In Hunting Field Increasing
-Pursuis OF Big Game.

Ladp Violet Grsrilis in London Chronici.
The active participation In field sports
by women marks q modern development
Fifty years ago mo- woman would have
handled q gun. much less u rife. or would
have dared to beard n lion or q tiger 10
the field. or have dreamed Of q day un 10.
moors all to herself or taken q hunting
box with a string OF hunters for the winter
Vet women do all these things now. Sport
for women Is catered for as amply a. sport
for mon ladies' golf links. champiorshi
rife clubs and tennis tournaments flourish
amazingly.
The number Of women in the hunting fold
increases every year. ami many Of these
Dianas ride as hard as men LStelv Trey
have taken 20 riding asIide and wearing
neat brooches and boots. 80 that IL IL i'r'.
cul. tn Distinguish tho sexes on horseback.
and certainly the thin young girl. loos.ns
jus, Ike boy IL a very attractive Azure
but she IL essentially modern. The GIh
who walls the rloors all day, who climbs
hills and brings down her stag with an IN
erring rife Is rarer. but she exists Salmon
and trout fishing rank next In popular
esteem.
Curiously enough. this love. this --az.
for sport In women synchronlzes with N.
possible extinction Of sport. for ALREADY Il
IL dir'cult to keep zip hunt Subscriptions
bar bed wire renders riding unpleasant u
not dangerous. and the breaking w NJ larSe
estates will soon make game preserving
impossible Sport viii! be confined to N>h.
ing or to grouse shooting over desolate ard
barren districts. where the heather -four
ishes and the ptarmisan breed. On tN"-e
lonely hilltops wild birds will sr,ll ~
found when the rest 81 England Is divided
into allotments and building estates
with tho women who care for sport . .
a very real and solid enthu<ia-m Hey
will follow their husbands in Africa 10 -
pursuit Of Wild game they VIII tramp 80
-iuhhl- and the turnip Acids all dnv beg
will fog the water uu"sa-InEly. they N'l
crawl scramble. creep. climb and q" u.r.
tionless for hours IN the chance of gotr.ng
n stag.
In all sport there il certain e.menr 4
good fellow ship and carnaradcri- which "a
exceedingly pleasant. and tho frtand-h ~
Of the hunting field. for instance. are among
the most enduring and delightful "f Morn
Dries Even rivalry IL good tempered
respec, and admiration are experienced 'or
those who are keen and sklifn, in the sport
they prefer. IL - a little strange ." ~
the least Of IL that many women 49, 10
be taking up sport. rifle shooting and Stras
At a tim. whcn the great mass 81 men - 10
look on Mt contests in which they them -ly"s
play no part and 81 which betting - enc NJ
tho most Objectionable features
From real sport the element NJ money
getting il entirely absent. hunting. for
instance. iS the most democratic 81 pursuits
the nobleman mounted on his aUp guinea
hunter the doctor. the schoolboy. the
farmer AID the trainer. all are equal all
Interested. all enthusiastic. Paopl" NAV
hunt for various reasons, hut to 'he expert
majority il is the hounds working and 'hs
science OF hunting that appeal most ke"nly.
Women probably love the galoping. hut
exhiiarnies and excites them. while their
presence has almost entirely obliIsrated he
Use % bad language and hard swearing n
the hunting field.
~ would appear a. though the masculine
development OF women. the ssn-e ~ rebel
lion and revolt had driven them 10 enter
the same sports IA men. n tendency strongly
developed in modern girl schools. whore
hockey, golf and cricket are more highly
appreciated than the ladylike acconpli.n-
rnen,s and quiet study Of our mother
Needlework Ia at n discount. hut She "y"
the ear. the hand and the body are al
trained in field sports. and the modem
Diana. with hcr zest her iois d. vivre ant
her independence has apparently come -
stay