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...master of staghounds is comparatively simple. He picks out a spot for the hunt to begin; the stag is carted to that spot. The hounds are not supposed to kill the stag, but nevertheless many people believe that staghunting is unwarrantably cruel. Last year there was the case of Bridget...
...Bridget was only a hind. One November day she was taken to Aldington and released. She began to graze, then made friends with a flock of sheep. The hunters shooed her and she made for the sea. Next day she was found on a beach. Into the water she went again. Finally lifesavers rescued her, took her ashore. She made a dash for her cart, knocked down four men, jumped in, went to sleep as the cart jolted back to her deer park...
...Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals entered a complaint against Captain Edwyn Sandys Dawes, M. S. H., and Captain Ronald H. Fox, secretary of the hunt, for cruelty to a tame deer. Last week a magistrate heard the case. Prosecutor James Dale Cassels, M. P., charged that Bridget was terrified and trembling from cold when she was rescued. He quoted Captain Fox as saying...
...Bridget? You should spell it Brigid, which is correct. Where do you get your saints from? Rome? Read the history of St. Brigid of Ireland who was famed for her beauty, piety and learning. She founded convents, schools of learning all over Europe. When Ireland was the seat of learning for Europe, England was famous for the people running around naked in poverty and ignorance was popular in England...
...Editor's Note--The above letter was received yesterday together with a clipping of the epyllion entitled "Bridget and Mary" or "It all Came Out in the Wash" which appeared in "The Crime" column on last Tuesday. Sceptics will be cordially received in the CRIMSON office today where the original epistle will be on view...