BLOODLESS SPORT 



yet seem little affected by the recital of the 

 lingering death agony of the poor creatures 

 caught in traps to furnish the furs which 

 minister to female vanity. 



The universal custom of sacrificing animal 

 life in some form or another makes it impos- 

 sible for one to condemn the sportsman's 

 method of destroying it without the charge 

 of inconsistency. Once concede that the right 

 to take the life of dumb creatures exists, and 

 the individual must decide in what way that 

 right shall be exercised, with the limitations 

 which civilization places upon the exercise of 

 all natural rights. 



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