The Boone and Crockett Club 



is due in large measure to the efforts of the Boone 

 and Crockett Club. The late Wm. Hallett Phillips 

 deserves much credit for aiding in the passage of 

 the Act of March 3, 1891, a section of which 

 authorized the President, in his discretion, to set 

 aside public lands for forest reserves, while 

 Gen. John W. Noble, a member of the Club, then 

 Secretary of the Interior, established the first re- 

 serves under proclamation of President Harrison. 



(3) In 1894 the Boone and Crockett Club 

 founded and took control of the New York 

 Zoological Society. Credit for this belongs chiefly 

 to Madison Grant, C. Grant La Farge and some 

 others. 



(4) In the year 1897 the club succeeded in 

 having a bill passed by the New York Legislature 

 which forbade the hunting of deer with dogs in 

 the Adirondacks and the killing of deer in the 

 water. This ended a crusade which had been 

 going on for fifteen years or more. 



(5) In 1902 the Club secured the passage of a 

 bill to protect Alaska game the first law enacted 

 for this purpose. This bill was drafted by mem- 

 bers of the Club, Madison Grant and Hon. John 

 F. Lacey; and the latter, with the help of such 

 public interest as was aroused by the Club, suc- 

 ceeded in pushing the bill through Congress. 



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