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1847-1918 



AN old school gentleman of the most distinguished 

 -^" ^- pattern, a lover or manly sports and the sincere 

 friend and protector or wild lire. Major Wadsworth 

 left the world far hetter than he found it. His 

 chivalrous championship or wild lire causes was equal- 

 ed only hy his high patriotism, and his devotion to 

 the humane ideals. 



For many years while President of the Boone 

 and Crockett Cluh, Mr. Wadsworth worked actively 

 for the creation of game preserves, the more perfect 

 preservation of the antelope and elk, and the promo- 

 tion of the federal migratory hird law and treaty. 



It was Mr. Wadsworth and the members of his 

 family who first colonized old-world pheasants in 

 New York State, at Mount Morris, and planted 

 the seed that successfully took root and ran -wild 

 over a large area of western New York. 



For many years he was a memher of the Board 

 of Managers of the New York Zoological Society and 

 took an active part in its various activities. His life 

 was well rounded out, and the memory of it suggests 

 a perfect Corinthian column of stainless white marhle. 



