1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RThfhHJsos"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/league/">League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/league/embed/#?secret=RThfhHJsos" width="600" height="338" title="“League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports” — HappyCow" data-secret="RThfhHJsos" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1924F580mini.jpg579200Pure Henry Brown Amos & Ernest Bell – a very rare survivor – the only example we have seen in the past 40+ years of collecting these old AR related items. Ernest Bell Library item – League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports Badge – circa 1924 Brass & Blue Vitreous Enamel 25 mm wide by 20.5 mm high The 4 animals are – a Stag – a Hare – an Otter – a Fox. The League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports (LPCS) was the successor of the Humanitarian League – which was wound up in 1919. ~ The demise of the Humanitarian League came about as a result of the first world war and in 1919 it disbanded. However, as Salt wrote in 1930: “Its long effort to ameliorate certain sports was not in reality wasted and has now been made evident by the success of a later League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports“. ~ Much more – here. The League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports – became – the League Against Cruel Sports. ……. Our 3 Main Projects The Henry Salt Archive is one of our, almost completed, projects. The Humanitarian League is our Hong […]