74 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



THE CAMPAIGN OF 1919. 



No sooner was the work of 1918 disposed of and the 

 awards distributed than Mr. Gates announced his intention 

 to repeat the effort in 1919. Finding that the offer of the 

 Fund's gold medal had proven to be the grand prize sought 

 for by the contestants of 1918, the Trustees, by invitation, 

 duplicated its offer of prizes for 1919. The same plan of 

 signed pledges, and notices printed on linen and abundantly 

 posted all over sanctuaries, was pursued, and again the con- 

 test became general. 



The returns came in in December, 1919, and were fully 

 as gratifying as before. Altogether the number of sanctu- 

 aries (3131) was well above the figure for 1918, and the 

 total acreage dedicated was 50 per cent higher, reaching the 

 admirable figure of 1,520,668 acres; and 42 states and 

 Canada were represented. 



Again the list of contestants and their results revealed 

 workers under the highest mark who could not be offered 

 anything less than the gold medal. Furthermore, the great 

 efforts put forth by 18 other contestants, and the fine results 

 achieved by them, called for something more permanent 

 than the cash prizes that had been provided. 



Accordingly, a total of 16 sets of the Natural History 

 book were awarded by the Trustees of the Fund to persons 

 who certainly deserved from the Fund some recognition of 

 their gallant work. 



The full list of prizes is as follows : 



Prizes Awarded by the Wild Life Protection Fund 



in 1919 



gold medals 



Sanctuaries Acres 

 Mrs. Pamela J. Francisco, Ridgewood, 



N. J. . 412 18,303 



Frank B. Tichenor, Portland, Oregon 402 525,729 



Bertha J. Mastin, Elkins, N. H 335 46,740 



