CHAPTER XIV 



AFTER THE BATTLE 



To him who thinks about it all, the end of a 

 successful hunt, like the end of a fight, is sad, for 

 both mean more or less suffering and death. 



Yet, what would you ? 



Until we have a Peace Conference which brings 

 about disarmament and universal arbitration, and 

 judging by the one which has just completed its 

 labours, this is very much en rair, and until all 

 savages are sufficiently civilized to understand, and 

 to abide by, the decisions arrived at through arbitra- 

 tion, we must have war, and while we have war, 

 bad indeed will it be for merry England if we had 

 not sport, and above all sport — fox-hunting. 



Where should we train our future Kellermanns 

 and Lacy Yeas ? 



Whence would come that feeling of power "to 

 elude or overcome all obstacles," which our junior 

 ranks must possess ? Where would our cavalry 

 Officers learn so well, as Sir Evelyn Wood says 

 they must learn, " to strike without waiting for 

 orders " ? 



Where should we educate the Officers that Wel- 



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