title: The Value of Men
author: Robert Hunting
description: Robert T. Hunting is an avid reader of history and politics and enjoys developing stories that illuminate people against the their time. He finds challenge in writing stories that pique a reader's interest and curiosity from the first page. He holds a B.A. in history, and a Masters degree in social science.
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  # Hunting Sketches
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Anthony Trollope
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
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  THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND DOESN'T LIKE IT.
  
  
  THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND DOES LIKE IT.
  
  
  THE LADY WHO RIDES TO HOUNDS.
  
  
  THE HUNTING FARMER.
  
  
  THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND NEVER JUMPS.
  
  
  THE HUNTING PARSON.
  
  
  THE MASTER OF HOUNDS.
  
  
  HOW TO RIDE TO HOUNDS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND DOESN'T LIKE
  
  
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  It seems to be odd, at first sight, that there should be any such
  
  
  men as these; but their name and number is legion. If we were to
  
  
  deduct from the hunting-crowd farmers, and others who hunt because
  
  
  hunting is brought to their door, of the remainder we should find that
  
  
  the "men who don't like it" have the preponderance. It is pretty much
  
  
  the same, I think, with all amusements. How many men go to balls, to
  
  
  races, to the theatre, how many women to concerts and races, simply
  
  
  because it is the thing to do? They 