for the birds — Unfortunately I cannot talk so ad- 

 vantageously on other divisions of life as I have not 

 given them an equal amount of study, but information 

 can readily be obtained and I feel sure that in most 

 cases each species thru study is classified either in the 

 beneficial or the harmful classes. So, seeing that 

 there are so many species that do good, we must ad- 

 mit that this class of beneficial game should have pro- 

 tection so that we and our descendents may receive 

 these same benefits in the future that we have had in 

 the past. 



True sport is one of the finest pleasures that we 

 have in this world and is one of those few relics left 

 to us in our state of civilization and in many cases 

 over-civilization from the glorious life of the savage. 

 It is the expression to feelings of energy and of spirit, 

 which are ruined by too much civilization and it is so 

 rare in many localities to-day that true sport should 

 always be upheld and so-called sport, carried on by 

 certain sportsmen in the name of sport, but which in 

 reality is the practice of game-hogs, should be de- 

 nounced with all force and the difference between the 

 two shown. To have sport in the future these enemies 

 of true sport must be prohibited from destroying all 

 our wild life and depriving us from that of which we 

 rightfully have a share. 



Beauty in game is to be so undeniable that it be- 

 comes an exceedingly difficult question to argue. 

 Also it is a hard question to discuss for the reason 

 that it is not a matter of statistics but one of appre- 

 ciation. Therefore if one does not have that appre- 



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