The Boone and Crockett Club 



These were strong words, and might have been 

 expected to move the Legislature or if not the 

 Legislature, then the public out of its attitude of 

 stolid indifference, but nothing of the sort took 

 place. No serious attempt has been made to pro- 

 vide for the purification of our streams, and the 

 old struggle, carried on by the few who are inter- 

 ested in this vital matter to arouse the many who 

 as yet care not one whit about it, goes on and will 

 go on. 



No details can be given concerning the note- 

 worthy services performed by many members of 

 the Club in the fields of science, exploration and 

 conservation; but some distinguished names may 

 be mentioned. The list of scientific men includes 

 J. A. Allen, Arthur Erwin Brown, D. G. Elliott, 

 Arnold Hague, Clarence King, Henry S. Prichett, 

 C. H. Merriam, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Chas. H. 

 Townsend and Chas. D. Walcott. Among trav- 

 elers and explorers are Col. D. L. Brainard, Wm. 

 Astor Chanler, W. T. Hornaday, A. P. Low, 

 Warburton Pike, W. W. Rockhill, Theodore 

 Roosevelt, F. C. Selous, A. Donaldson Smith, 

 Wm. Lord Smith, Chas. Sheldon and Wm. Fitz- 

 hugh Whitehouse. Men in high government 

 authority who have performed notable services for 



