now
disabled for life, how, in the name of common sense, does it
differ in moral influence from the Roman arena?

Now, the point in the above notice is that it is written of
"gentlemen"--of university men. It is to be feared that very similar
charges might be brought against some of the professionals of our
association teams: but our amateurs are practically exempt from any
such accusation. The climax of the whole thing is the statement by a
professor of a well-known university, that a captain of one of the
great football teams declared in a class prayer-meeting "that the
great success of the team the previous season was in his opinion due
to the fact that among the team and substitutes there were so many
praying men." The true friends of sport in the United States must wish
that the football mania may soon disappear in its present form; and
the Harvard authorities are to be warmly congratulated on the manly
stand they have taken against the evil. And it is to be devoutly hoped
that no president of a college in the future will ever, as one did in
1894, congratulate his students on the fact "that their progress and
success in study during the term just finished had been _fully equal_
to their success in intercollegiate athletics and football!".[15]

I have, however, no desire to pose as the British Pharisee, and I am
aware that, though we make the better showing in this instance, there
are others in which our record is at least as bad. The following
paragraph is taken from the _Field_ (December 7th, 1895):

HIGHCLERE.--As various incorrect reports have been
published of the shooting at Highclere last week, Lord Carnarvon
has desired me to forward the enclosed particulars of the game
shot on three days: November 26, 27, and 29, James McCraw (13,
Berkeley-square, w.). November 26, Grotto (Brooks) Beat, 5
partridges, 1,160 pheasants, 42 hares, 2,362 rabbits, 7 various;
total, 3,576. November 27, Highclere Wood (Cross) Beat, 5
partridges, 1,700 pheasants, 1 hare, 1,702 rabbits, 4 woodcock,
16 various; total, 3,428. November 29, Beeches (Cross) Beat, 6
partridges, 2,811 pheasants, 969 rabbits, 2 wild fowl, 15
various; total, 3,803. Grand total: 16 partridges, 5,671
pheasants, 43 hares, 5,033 rabbits, 4 woodcock, 2 wild fowl, 38
various; total, 10,807. The shooters on the first two days were
Prince Victor Duleep Singh, Prince Frederick Duleep Si