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the leases should contain a privilege of purchase at a 

 fixed price. Often the land owners reserve the right to 

 sell the land and to cancel the leases if a purchaser is se- 

 cured. Where such provisions are incorporated in a 

 lease the club should reserve the right to purchase at the 

 price offered, and the owner should agree to first offer the 

 land to the club. 



The leases often contain covenants that the farmers 

 will prevent trespassers from trespassing, or aid the club 

 in so doing, and that prosecutions for trespass may be 

 conducted in the name of the land owner or in the name 

 of the club. 



The leases often provide for the privilege of renewal at 

 a fixed price. They should be recorded in States where 

 the recording of leases for a term of years is required by 

 law, and the lease should, of course, be drawn in corform- 

 ance with the laws regulating conveyances, which vary in 

 the different States. The form adopted should be ap- 

 proved by a local attorney, who should act as the legal 

 advisor of the syndicate. 



The publishers of The Amateur Sportsman have made 

 arrangements to furnish information on all subjects re- 

 lating to the organization of a game syndicate, including 

 the forms for subscription contracts, the employment of 

 gamekeepers, the selection of a site, the procuring of 

 stock birds and eggs, and anyone interested in the sub- 

 ject will receive a prompt answer to a letter requesting 

 information about any of these subjects. 



In some localities the conditions are far more favorable 

 for starting a game syndicate than they are in others, not 

 only on account of the desirability of the ground, but also 

 on account of the attitude of the residents towards those 



