lo SPORT IN EUROPE 



"fame. The historic sketch of the fortunes of the ibex of Crete and 

 Antimilos is full of interest to the naturalist, and sportsmen bent on 

 more practical work will follow Mr. Larios in his exciting and success- 

 ful stalks amid the majestic scenery of the Sierra Blanca of Ojen. 



The mention of chamois at once suggests Austria and Switzerland, 

 and, as regards the latter country, Dr. Pitard shows a welcome increase 



of the little animal, thanks to improved legislation for its 

 Chamois. 



protection, and in spite of the great slaughter (1,700 in 



one year) in the Grisons. There would also seem to be excellent 



chamois shooting in the Alpine districts of Bavaria (though Baron 



Schonberg naturally assigns the palm to Austria) and in the Caucasus. 



The finest specimens in Europe come from Transylvania, where Count 



Arpad Teleki secured a buck with horns measuring over twelve inches 



on the outer curve, and over four round the base. This completely 



beats any trophies from the Swiss or Italian Alps, or Pyrenees. In the 



last-named range, the izarit regarded by some as distinct from the 



Alpine chamois, but more properly accounted only a smaller and redder 



variety, gives good sport in the Picos de Europa. Count Szechenyi gives 



photographs and measurements of six large Transylvanian trophies. 



Attention has already been drawn to the greater reputation 



enjoyed by the hare in some Continental countries than with us, and 



it remains only to specify the hares of Flanders and 

 Hare. 



the Ardennes, of Denmark, of Castille (where, as in 



Scandinavia, the peasants course them), and of Salamanca, where they 



are only shot. Not far short of half a million are annually bagged in 



the great shoots of Hungary, but indiscriminate coursing seems to 



have all but exterminated the animal in both Portugal and Roumania. 



