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SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1926.
COUNCIL OF "STONE IMAGES."
BITTER ATTACK ON SPORTSMEN..
Stormy scenes and acrimonious exchanges marked the 102nd an naual meeting of the Royal Society! for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the Central Hall, West- minister.
A climax was reached when the Hon. Stephen Coleridge, in propos- ing a motion of regret' that" the society had refused the legacy of £10,000 bequeathed to it by the late Mrs. Grove Grady, referred to the members of the council of the society as "stone Images, Bit- ting in ignoble mobility by the rond of progress."
Conditions.
He declared further that they had "given proofs of their support of all those crueltics' which, Mrs. Grove Grady abhorred" by refus- ing the legacy, which was offered on condition that all members of the council and all secretaries of branches should be antivivisec tioniste and opposed to all forms of sport involving the pursuit and death of animals.
"It is high time that this society, formulated its attitude towards hunting," said Mr. Coleridge. "So long ago us 1907 à committee was appointed to report and ad- vige on the whole question of cruel sports; but it has never reported to this day, and the whole question has been shelved. I regret to find that followers of these sports have made their way on to this very board before us now."
Lord Banbury, in replying on behalf of the council, said that it wns, 'under the terms of the will, absolutely impossible for the ac- ceptance of the bequest to have been entertained."
"The King, our patron, shoots,"" he declared. "The Prince of "Wales, our president, is an ardent huntsman, und has said that hunt- ing is the finest sport of all. Lord · Lambourne, 'our chairman at the time the will was proved, both hunts and shoots; and to do at least half-a-dozen members of your council. Lord Danenfort hunts and shoots. I choot and bunt. Would you entirely change the whole constitution of the council for this one legacy?"
There were cries of "Yes!" and an outburst of interruptions.
"Are we to get rid of the King, the Prince of Wales, then Lord, Lambourne, and, last and least, myself" asked Lord Banbury, who added, amid further Inter- ruptions, "in any case the bequest has been definitely refused some time ago, and the money is now no longer available."
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Lost.
Other speakers suggested thaf, Mrs. Grove Grady had left large sums to other humane institutions without any conditions attached.. she had not intended that the R.S.P.C.A. should accept the re- quest, and bad merely desired to "draw an object lesson." Mr. Coleridge's motion was eventually' lost by thirty-six votes to thirty- оле...
An acrimonious note had early been introduced into the proceed- ings when Mr. Hubert Stevens, speaking on the motion. re-elect retiring members of the council, asked whether it was a fact that Lord Danesfort's chief recreationa were hunting and shooting.
Lord Danesfort replied, "That is perfectly true. I consider that hunting and shooting cari, be carried on without unnecessary cruelty."
At this there were loud hisses and considerable applause. The chairman appealed for order, but it was some minutes before pro- ceedings were resumed.-
Lord Banbury proposed a motion that the society should be epi- powered to consider the advisabil ity of incorporating the scelety by royal charter. Mrs. Penn.Gaskell then moved an amendment that, "In view of the fiasco of 1908 and 1907,"nothing should be done until members had a year to con- Blder the position a great deal more, fully.
Denounced.
She denounced Lord Banbury for attempting to shift the re- sponsibility of the council on the shoulder of the mambors, and dec lared that the action he proposed "reminded her of the confidence trick"
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of interruption throughout Mrs: long speech on the export of old until a few weeks ago. A resolu Penn Gaskell's speech, but her horses to the Continent for tion hoping that the council would amendment was finally carried by butchery, declared that it was a explain the reasons for the ceasa
terrible thing that the society's tión" of the work was carried. 34 votes to 19.
Towards the end of the meeting campaign against this traffic The proceedings.eventually Lady Simon, in the course of a should have practically ceased closed amid considerable uproar.
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