5 NOVEMBER 1927, Page 16

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Whipper-In " writes

a very well-reasoned, temperate letter, and, in the face of such a pleasant piece of English prose, bne hates to appear captious. But the average, dense; non-sporting person still finds it dreadfully difficult to under- stand in what way certain repulsive incidents of the hunting- field (recently described in the Spectator and many other reputable papers) can possibly have that " excellent effect upon character " attributed to them by your correspondent. I may say that I am writing as a country-woman, for I have never lived in a town and am entirely ignorant of the urban

point of view.—I am, Sir, &c., ELSIE M. LEE. Near s, Wyfold, near Reading.