COURSING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12935, 15 October 1907, Page 9

COURSING.

[ TO TBK rUUTUK 01 THE I'RESS.'' « ri -.onr c„m.spo..dent who arroYJ m hiin-'it 11"' ' llllll ° "' " Ci? „■ S m„u.ur ignorance Hiuiiit) '•*'-' - , . .. 1,.., run nu j«. It is not true that it ir«, ondiy tlv happens that pursuing dogs ffiSl of*the unfortunate tore, one fc\hhead and tho other by the hind; nnrer" in a sort of tug ot war, t This is a novelty in coursing due !f Mr Humanity's nasty imagination. H- never saw it at a cursingmeeting. SfiX: liven it his assertion were So anyone familiar with the power .a Sri-hound's jaw knows that it Jould tako a very tough hare to surtWe this treatment many seconds, ffiro would he no lingering or torture •IK it. Fourthly: The above perSirio would occur with .just as much likelihood at open coursing as it Sd in the enclosure which is so .bhorrent to Messrs Thome George charge of wanton cruolty, it is absolutely baseless. The moet callous of sportsmen enjoye the Mora simply because of the keen rivalry and of highly-bred, vigorous greyhounds, and the hire's marvellous inborn faculty for eluding them by rapid turnini! It <« °»' v to prurient minds like that of Mr H. that the idea of taking pleasure in tho actual suuering of any animal over enters. • Mr Campholl haa clearly shown how in* this particular sport the chances of nrweceaaary suffering: ore reduced to a minimum. Certainly, if it w to be condemned as cruel, so must fox-hunt-ing, hare-hunting, all kinds of garne•hooting, and fishing. I am afraid that Mr H. is one of those emasculated degenerate specimona of "Humanity" who would on ono pretext or another ijiscntiraßfl all tho field sports of our forefathers. True, he apparently affects what ho calls "hunting the tiger and Hon in tho jungle," doubtless becaiue it is so far off. A very fine sport-, too, for those that enn afford it. tet nic urjro him by all means to betake himself to it at once. If he knows no morn about it than he ikies about foiirsinc*, I will hack the lion every time.—Vonrs, etc.

MASTER McGRATBf