CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 30 May 1885, Page 8

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Cruelty of Conning i (To the Editor,) 1 Sir,—A letter appeared in'W^j rf I Wednesday evening, -gntd. ip^b^' I wishing to know whythoAnckldiWlj I for tho Prevention of Gru|^|fSi I did not interfere to prevent ibit.ec-lb B tho gross cruelty to thaitimorona'and _- j offensive animal, tho haro, wlidi tod place at Papatoitoi on Muiiday snj, .w i day last. Aud Mr Oamptall Irinpioi - ward against the feport o! fcoiiising' jiiiit. ' ness of cock and dog fighting,' ■' Tqtot'ct very much if Mr'A. .(tojsMl.wai' either a hare coursed or j. d^flHSMii'j In coursing, the hare is either killed <i escapes in from three toßixi_i--les,«_---hares must be killed lo v__6''My,TwiH ' contend that coursing is more kiotoetin that of shooting: In theforruier, itii_aii, ; or liberty; in the latter, tiajm I frequently a sufferer for weeks and tnot__ from tho incapacity of.some mu^Aiiu | been able to buy cr borni_ff_a'o&i«|4e| :_', not know how to ujij it '',:oSß^mkf.) t',,e neighbourhood Of' AwMMiMM.-i gentlemen calling themselves The Pitranga Hunt Club. They hawl^»hr;«yoars hunting hares -Dotffithtwdog*,^ with at. least i-ix collides; and if tieh_» suffers the agonydepieted by Mft'C-f----bell when two groyhonnds,mi»«fii"-l8 for, say four minutes, what WBWl*' i agony when six couplesofhoundsiretoo^ : her for upwards^ of*n-;hiintl|^gjl*.j endowed the hare with great"fleetaj« • defence against her foes,'_and JMj^ij clianc. to exercise it, and o«ef»a*J . when coursed -by .'ir^hoti-aii*™.*;; hunted by hounds. Ber flee. WW" •* ; nothing; they pursue I«gJF,! ' dogged pertinacity!" the- oatepj another power bestoived by N»to m-,_ the hound—that of huntwg"bjycM, *J matter how fleet - the.-»»«; wi««;**[. she must succumb; I-d_it'fiK» hitherto Mr. A.. Campbell.:h«Ml| voice against the Pakuranga Hart Wf ; lam, &c., AMb_b?bo. .HsEoctm, ; (To the Editor,) ' \ Sir, — Out of curiosity' to. hmto"' practical experience the ins «**M' raison d'etre of the " sporty"'OHgW devoted my holiday:.to, .totoJW? si Park. I gained very litllS#*«g;; by, but I hM ,aban«;oppOfM| for- chewing the.cud *M»I Is it not passi-g: Grange JifeJWJ; \ pitiful withal that. not|M|&fls progress in civilisation, »® vaunted humanising M.^PJJLii spread Christianity the»^K| primteval ancestors' seems PjKBSS able? Like the earliest.paß**"J, race, ourpleasuresmuetM_aWffll *|!i 1 tho effusion of.innocent oSMh:sA. torturing Of the:_^>*fS*». coursing h to be nwgj&|,i .irictively-a British sport, gj, . mustmy oonterot**r^M*JW^ - sions- which are-sb <te_tuated*to :a- degree,;' mmßi gladiatorial, •contestt-.0l .Wfijffi.,: which man met man in WSjfflf'fj strife than the **&*&&■& crowd of spectators' :*-«B»fS» ! plauding; the", pursuit .jam %j$ enclosure of iH-^l il-SW animals by fleet '^.^l%^': hounds. Out/»po*<-W^t|^/ inhumanity-such base »«&.», thirstine... .^°. sS^-*_ sport the Spanish. to f Wk, ; £S vises into the heroic, for w "^ ivt the toreaderes '% must my£f-'V& '■ to .provide W?«»»fe^-W'.; patrons. BTO--.M*-Wg^Wl_ baiting, together with "Wffljji* . ra'.pit and the pike r^S^f,; claims to manly oonsid*^!^ all are associated 'wtk,^-. it. equality of . <WW_Jmq__J in the coursing of »■'^SKM-.! is not looked for. " fdtt (J terrified little fugitive j*» rt ff ; sheer fright, ns tar-Kg-ftp*"? 1 six casei. on Monday .^J^tf** the couple of *hw» *M£fr M ■ give chaee, its chance 4 j^F:t ? » ingly slight. V "j ! a love for such °°^i^&,l ofnhumanonatiottshobWnotßS m^"^ iiourlegisl-^rsares^^^ the matter, thon by eu.'£ ~ thinking pe°pfc\B£'-rt tt<f social outlawry. .^L%r^t: again behold the.._*.«*■ %&jL eagerly applauding ,»J g^rf-* ; witnessing the .W^^atr. a pastimo. -I ait*^Sc^ri>^___ Fashion's West f^f&^\ ball in which each &£s,__** > flower-violets, lilies, ««*' marigolds. _«_____* _vgh on conns- "^S^* I tan""** ' swu '—'^"TA-^gf. I •___-__ssS!S__-,«