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British fox-hunting, past and present. (Society).(Column)
'Unting is all that's worth living for--all time is lost wot is not spent in 'unting--it is like the hair we breathe--if we have it not we die--it's the sport of kings, the image of war without its guilt, and only five-and-twenty per cent of its danger!
--from Mr Jorrocks' first Sportin' Lector in Robert Surtees' Handley, Cross
MR JORROCKS' sentiments would be considered immoral rather than immortal by most people today. Fox-hunting is on a par, in public regard in Britain, less with warfare than with soccer hooliganism. Opinion polls consistently report a large majority in favour of banning hunting; the House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly to carry ...
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