58 " TO MAKE A WASH WOULD IIAllDLY STEW A CHILD." 



any Match occasion may put in his way. I am not 

 representing ^Ir. Burke as a demon Avho delights in 

 cruelty for cruelty's sake ; but where his interest is 

 concerned, we have plenty of proof from various 

 residts that mercy would plead in vain. I am 

 willing to allow it to be possible that in riding or 

 driving a horse to deatli he may even experience 

 some feelings of compunction ; but it is a very poor 

 excuse for the murderer that he is very sorry to cut 

 our throats Avhile he perseveres in doing so to gain 

 our money ; nor is it any excuse for this man that he 

 feels sorry to torture a generous animal, while he 

 does so merely from his accursed cupidity. That any 

 man can be found to publicly or privately encourage 

 him is a disgrace to human nature. When I say him, 

 I mean his pursuits: I war not vAih the man, but 

 with his disgusting and various cruelties. Above all 

 other men, every true sportsman should set his face 

 against them, and raise his voice to cry them down. 

 We have quite enough to do to defend ourselves and 

 our cause ao^ainst the clamour that a set of twaddlers 

 often raise against both. In the name of Sporting, 

 then, let us not give them so fair a handle to lay hold 

 of as detecting us in tolerating, much less in coun- 

 tenancing, useless and revolting barbarities. 



I remember seeing when a boy, on Hindhead Hill 

 on the road to Portsmouth, a stone placed by the 

 road side, and engraved on it were nearly these 

 words : "In detestation of a barbarous murder 

 committed on the bodv of an unknown sailor." I 

 should like to see a similar stone put up somewhere 

 on the Derby road, by subscription, stating it to be 

 " In execration of a cruel Match against time that 

 took place on this road, 1844, when one of the best 



