BLOODLESS SPORT 



and butcher, and then disabusing the mind of 

 both of those conceptions. The term butcher 

 is applicable to whomever engages in the 

 wanton and wasteful destruction of animal 

 life with no idea of utilizing the remains. 

 To the mind of such persons a sportsman's 

 goal is a slaughter pen. The game butcher 

 recognizes no rules, but prides himself on 

 the amount of havoc he can produce in a 

 flock of birds or a herd of wild animals, and 

 speaks with glee of the quantity of game he 

 has destroyed. The market hunter, as the 

 name implies, is out for business. The rules 

 of sport do not interest him; it is merely a 

 question of dollars and cents; he kills when 

 it pays to kill, and tries to make certain every 

 shot, regarding any advantage he can take as 

 perfectly legitimate. The worst qualities of 

 the butcher and the market hunter combine 

 in the person who hunts elk for the purpose 

 ofi securing the teeth, allowing the antlers 

 and carcass to remain unused. The sins of 

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