On Fox Hunting

In an address to the National Light Horse Breeding Society in London, the Prince of Wales gave his views on fox hunting with characteristic simplicity : "Now may I say a word about fox hunting ? (Cheers.) I would say that the popularity of fox hunting, far from being reduced, has been increased. I think that anybody who has hunted since the war must have been greatly struck and delighted to find the number of fellows who managed to hunt. (Cheers.) It has often been a struggle for them to do so, which shows how keen they are." [He was referring to the new poor, many of whom now attend meets on foot.] " May I say a word also about the wonderful co-operation of our farmers at the present time? (Cheers.) Many of them cannot hunt, but without their help we could not hunt."

" I have hunted with ten packs this season (loud cheers) and have come across very little barbed wire. (Cheers.) We are grateful to the farmers for the help they have given to keep going a sport without which I do not think this country would be what it is today." (Prolonged cheers.)