Killing for Sport: Essays by Various Writers

CONTENTS

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	PREFACE. BY BERNARD SHAW	xi
	THE CRUELTY OF SPORT. BY GEORGE GREENWOOD, M.P.	1
	SPORT AND AGRICULTURE. BY EDWARD CARPENTER	34
	THE COST OF SPORT. BY MAURICE ADAMS	45
	THE ECONOMICS OF HUNTING. BY W. H. S. MONCK	60
	FACTS ABOUT THE GAME LAWS. BY J. CONNELL	69
	THE DESTRUCTION OF WILD LIFE. BY E. B. LLOYD	85
	THE CALLOUSNESS OF FOX-HUNTING. BY H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON	95
	BIG GAME HUNTING. BY ERNEST BELL	101
	BLOOD-SPORTS AT SCHOOLS. BY AN OLD ETONIAN	116
	FALLACIES OF SPORTSMEN. BY HENRY S. SALT	130
APPENDIX BY THE EDITOR
I.	SPORT AS A TRAINING FOR WAR	149
II.	“BLOODING”	155
III.	THE HUNTING OF GRAVID ANIMALS	158
IV.	DRAG-HUNT VERSUS STAG-HUNT	162
V.	CLAY PIGEON VERSUS LIVE PIGEON. BY THE REV. J. STRATTON	166
VI.	COURSING	170
VII.	THE GENTLE CRAFT	174
VIII.	SPOILING OTHER PEOPLE’S PLEASURE	179
	INDEX	183

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