. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. TRAINIXf Hunt be a Thoroughbred. Others ride donkeys, orrace along on foot, or mount some vantageground whence they can admire the good ridersand make fun of the bad 142 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS To make it possible for people of smallmeans to enjoy this sport, many hunting soci-eties have been organized, the members ofwhich contribute stated sums for the main-tenance of wolves, deer, hounds, hunts- -/.tv;men, and horses. A red coata high hat are obligatoryowner of the dogs carriesa horn, and all the otheparticipants only a
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. TRAINIXf Hunt be a Thoroughbred. Others ride donkeys, orrace along on foot, or mount some vantageground whence they can admire the good ridersand make fun of the bad 142 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS To make it possible for people of smallmeans to enjoy this sport, many hunting soci-eties have been organized, the members ofwhich contribute stated sums for the main-tenance of wolves, deer, hounds, hunts- -/.tv;men, and horses. A red coata high hat are obligatoryowner of the dogs carriesa horn, and all the otheparticipants only a hunt-ing crop. The animals chieflyhunted are hares, stags,and foxes. The practiceof hunting hares is saidto be thousands of yearsold ; that of hunting stagsis also very ancient, and icarried on with animals keptand trained for this purpose,all know the Draconian laws ofWilliam the Conqueror (eleventh cen- j^p^ Qptury), who ordered that all dogs in ahunting country should have three of their toescut off to keep them from following the hounds. As for fox hunting, which is really the prin-cipal sport, the foxes are cared for and pro-tected in every way. In some districts a hunttakes place three times a week; a good horse
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