Hunters’ Chases – get rid of ’em

[Drone]

I was under the impression that after decades of interminable debate hunting had been banned, the pro and anti factions had kissed and made up, all was well in the little world, and those funny folk in the pink can continue taking themselves too seriously doing their ‘(un)important job’ for evermore as long as the hounds themselves don’t actually rip old Reynard to pieces.

Much like a ‘rebranding’ of ‘The Fox and Hounds’ as ‘The Slug and Lettuce’ or ‘The Hairy Lemon’ I would be very much against the loss of the name Hunters’ Chase; a title that has a certain gravitas and conjours up images of tough, grizzled horses who’ve graduated from a mud-spattered thorn-scratched school of hard knocks.

While respecting Prufrock’s basically admirable opinions, I for one am cautious about taking the moral high ground by criticising others persuing a ‘sport’ I personally have no interest in that involves the death of animals, when the death of animals is an accepted – if unwanted – facet of the sport I do have an interest in: horseracing and the frivolous pursuit of betting those noble beasts who might give their all

they shoot horses don’t they?

[seabird]

………..indeed!

Colin

[Gingertipster]

To be fair to Prufrock, with one "sport" the aim is to kill an animal. In the other the animal may die in an accident. Though some might see it as a small difference.

Also, it was not a case of "taking the moral high ground", I don’t think Prufrock ever made it a "my morals are better than yours" issue. He just has "different" morals, that’s all.

Mark

Value Is Everything

[Author]

Posts