Tally-ho cards present false image

’TIS the season to be jolly... and to be cruel. Christmas cards again depict fox, hare and stag-hunting as relics of auld decency.

Tally-ho cards present false image
Thu, 23 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

The time-honoured images appear without fail at this time of year: stately hunts, people with horses and hounds setting off for a day’s sport from happy, snow-covered villages, laughing hunters and smiling sightseers waving at them.

Pomp and pageantry on parade.

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