Show ROYAL HUNT tomfoolery what it costs to maintain alio sport A year or two ago says alio editor of london truth I 1 took up the mat tor of tho royal buck hounds for I 1 leavo always thought that anything with less of tho redeeming feature of sport than to cart a tame deer to some spot turn it out hunt it with dogs and having hunted it down put it back iu its cart for in days sport cannot well lo 10 cou when I 1 was engaged iu this crusade I 1 received many letters assur ing mo that the deer like being pm hood by dogs although how tho animals conveyed their singular idea of pleasure to tho writers of the letters was not explained to me that the bishops have joined tho crusade wo may liopo that tho cruel tomfoolery of this royal hunt will soon cease the country pays tho costs the salary of the master of the buck hounds 1200 per annum is always enjoyed by a nobleman tho occupant of the post changing with a change of ministers besides this there are salaries to hunts men whips and others alic purchase and keep of horses and hounds etc I 1 should suppose that the total outlay must be about per annum this is defrayed it is true from the civil list but when tho amount needed to maintain the sovereign was investigated in order to arrive at tho total necessary this expenditure was included in tho estimate it is suggested by tho bishops that tho quarry should caaso to bo deer and should henceforward bo a red herring but tho idea as an attribute of majesty of tho sovereign keeping a lot of dogg to run after a red herring is childish |