When English people use the word “hunting”, they usually mean fox-hunting, a sport which is popular among a small but important minority. There are packs of hounds all over the country, and a “meet”, with the hunt all gather together ready to start, many of the male riders wearing “pink”(that is red coat), is a colorful spectacle. Many of the horses are brought to the meet in vans, and the whole hunting is a sport for the rich. A master of Fox-hounds has a position of much honor. There are many people who would like to see fox-hunting forbidden by law on the ground that it is cruel, but there is little likelihood that this will be done. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recognizes that other methods of killing foxes, such as shooting and trapping, may be more cruel than hunting. It includes enthusiastic fox hunters among its most generous and social eminent supporters, and is not inclined, as a body, to take steps against hunting. But it has anti-hunting left wing.