30 MARCH 2002, Page 30

From Lesley Bryant Sir: David Welch was most fortunate in

that he could hunt with different packs of foxhounds and staghounds in England, Ireland and the USA before deciding that hunting was 'cruel, cowardly and boorish'. If he and like-minded idiots get their ban, no one will have that freedom of choice.

Lesley Bryant

Crcditon, Devon