HUNTING III 



pack of hounds, and there is no sport in the 

 world in which the suggestion of cruelty is more 

 unwarranted. 



There are plenty of faddists in this world who 

 condemn as cruel all forms of sport, especially 

 when dogs or hounds are employed. These folks 

 merely parade their ignorance of nature. Accord- 

 ing to my views, the laws of Nature are remorseless 

 in their process. Cruelty is a difficult word to 

 define, because if there is cruelty in one animal 

 hunting and destroying another, then all nature 

 is cruel. So that those who condemn sport where 

 dogs or hounds are used condemn the laws of 

 Nature under which we all live. 



Nature gives the lead in this cruelty. There 

 are no living animals on earth that do not destroy 

 life to supply their own. When young, immature 

 things meet with an untimely end, the psychic 

 and physical development is so undefined that 

 probably neither pain nor the fear of death is 

 strongly felt. In death they really suffer very 

 little. Then again mature animals that are hunted 

 until they are so fatigued they can go no further 

 feel little or no pain when caught and killed 

 because the extra rate of breathing gives the 

 blood a preponderance of oxygen, and acts some- 

 what after the style of lau''hinor eras. A mild 

 form of asphyxiation takes place, by which the 



