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for their minds that we can command, while the growth and 

 training of their bodies are left almost entirely to chance. 



As a nation, we seem to lose sight of the fact that children 

 are animals and as such should have our first consideration. 

 The writer makes tliis plea for the growing boy and girl of 

 America, that our schools and colleges let up on mind cram- 

 ming and professional athletic training and teach them how to 

 play, how to play fair, how to win and take defeat; and that 

 parents should insist upon it that such a training becomes a 

 part of their children's education. 



To return to foot beagles, "Hunting," says the immortal 

 Jorricks, *'is the image of war without its guilt." It possesses 

 qualifications that appeal to all thoroughly manly natures. It 

 develops those qualities found in thoroughly masculine men, 

 that are most admired by thoroughly feminine women. 



Long live the chase! 



