22 OUR BIG GAME 



both by the States and the Nation, and there are many 

 clubs where big-game animals are kept in parks. 

 There are, too, many large sporting estates owned 

 by individuals. There should be one or more parks 

 in every State in the Union owned and controlled by 

 the State where the big-game animals would be safe at 

 all times, and where they could be seen at home in 

 their natural surroundings as tame as they were on 

 the Western plains and mountains before the railways 

 crossed them. There are many clubs and organiza- 

 tions concerned with the protection of big game, such 

 as the Boone and Crockett Club and the League of 

 American Sportsmen, which work for the preservation 

 of the big-game animals, urge the passage of good 

 laws and take a hand in their execution. The League 

 of American Sportsmen has a very large membership 

 and has done an immense amount of good work. The 

 Boone and Crockett Club is composed of one hundred 

 active members and has, besides, many associate mem- 

 bers. This club has urged the taking of animals only 

 in " fair chase," and has done much to create a senti- 

 ment among sportsmen opposed to the unfair and dis- 

 graceful methods of pursuit which I have referred to 

 as now abandoned by sportsmen or prohibited by law. 



The Boone and Crockett Club is composed of dis- 

 tinguished and influential men, who are thoroughly in 

 earnest that the big game of North America shall not 

 be exterminated. Largely through the influence of 

 this club we have many National and State parks or 

 refuges for the game, and we are soon to have more. 



The Boone and Crockett Club, as set forth in its con- 

 stitution, is organized to promote manly sport with the 



