The Adirondack Deer Law 



prohibition of both jacking and hounding. 

 Mr. Madison Grant, whose devotion to all 

 that concerns the best interests of sport is 

 well known, was tireless in submitting to com- 

 mittees and members of the Legislature facts 

 and arguments. Mr. George Bird Grinnell, 

 well qualified to speak authoritatively on all 

 hunting questions, whose personal experiences 

 with big game go back to the time when 

 myriads of buffalo wandered over the Western 

 prairies, lent to the proposed legislation the 

 strength of his favorable endorsement. Mr. 

 Robert C. Alexander, the President of the 

 Adirondack League Club, both personally and 

 through the columns of the Mail and Express, 

 gave to those who were contending for the 

 laws his forceful and helpful influence. In 

 1896, the Hon. George R. Malby, of St. Law- 

 rence County, introduced in the Senate bills 

 prohibiting entirely hounding and jacking, 

 which he ably advocated and passed through 

 the Senate. 



Similar bills were introduced in the Assem- 

 bly. They were earnestly championed by the 

 Hon. Martin Van Buren Ives, of St. Lawrence 

 County, and others. The Fisheries, Game 

 and Forest Commission prepared a report, 



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