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had furnished the animated target for one who 

 only shot according to law in the "Open Sea- 



son." 



A leading business man, and an exceptionally 

 fine fellow, who has hunted all his life, said only 

 yesterday: "I have only recently learned that I 

 can get my necessary exercise out of doors at Golf 

 and am no longer lending a hand in helping de- 

 stroy our vanishing wild life." 



When Theodore Roosevelt was collecting ma- 

 terial for his bloody "African Game Trails," his 

 friend and admirer, John Burroughs, said of his 

 passion to kill things : "Later on he'll slough this 

 off." 



Is it too much to hope that America, the most 

 progressive and civilized country on the face of 

 the earth, will: "Later on slough off" an "Open 

 Season"? 



In a general way it is better to look ahead than 

 to look backward, but progress must be measured 

 by the backward look. Everything is comparative 

 and conditions actually bad, showing betterment 

 are not without hope. It is the wide view that 

 often makes Giant Despair, at the mouth of his 

 cave, look like a single plant louse on the thorny 

 stem of Time. 



Our Government needs ammunition to fight 

 the great battle for world-wide Democracy, but 

 the "true sportsman" needs his recreation and we 



