Description by Mr. M. O. Springfield Returned from Eight Months' Leave Of unquestioned interest to those! where sporting instinct makes them thrill to every stanza of "Reynard
the returned Assistant Commissioner the Fox" comes the information of of Police, Mr-M. 0. Springfield, who fresh from eight months most'y_ spent in hunting in the South of Ireland. and who declares this country to be one of the most excellent snd economical of hunting counties to be found anywhere.
My, Springfield, though born in Ireland, had not' been back since Boyhood. He decided: upon Tipperary a4 te county in which to spend din leave and found that his pectations for' the sport did not Exceed the realities, Tipperaty is a wild, and hilly country, very some of the trim countryside of England where to follow hounds in the sport. Mountains give way in parts to bogs and plenty of stone walls, double and single banks and brooks and other strenuous features of the landscape make hunting. here a real test of both horse and rider.
Hunting is the rule of the county, From September until April it is possible to hunt seven days a week, mounted or afoot and according te Mr. Springfield, it is better for newcomer to hire hunters by the day than to buy them outright. The hunts bein at 11 in the morning or thereabouts and as the centre for the meet is often 12 or 15 miles} away from the spot elected by the visitor for residence during the reason, it means a long vide back meet often before the hunt actual-starts, One in action the foxes may lead miles. further away from home so that at the end of the day one may be 80 or more miles from home,
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