132 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



Hunting men very improperly regard the private 

 courser as a kind of licensed poacher, and the 

 harehunter considers him as a most unwarrant- 

 able intruder. The hunting man may possibly 

 attend a coursing meeting ; he looks on it as 

 a kind of racing affair, and as such, perhaps, 

 feels some little interest in a friend's dog 

 entered there, but if he meets a private courser 

 going out with his leash of greyhounds the 

 apparition of " Death on the pale horse " would 

 not be more abhorrent to him. But let me 

 tell our hare hunting friend that he catches it 

 in his turn from the fox hunter, and "There's 



the d beagles" is a blessing often vented 



by the huntsman of the foxhounds if the packs 

 chance to cross. The dishke some sportsmen 

 entertain of the pursuits of others is, I regret 

 being obliged to admit, carried out to a some- 

 what illiberal extent among the Sporting World; 

 this should not be. The stag hunter, fox 

 hunter, hare hunter, the courser, the shot, and 



