Jan- 18, 1888. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



489 



MICHIGAN SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



THE eighth annua! meeting of Hie Michigan Btate Sports. 

 men's Association convened in the Audubon Clnb par- 

 lois, Detroit. "H the evening of the nth hist,, willi the Eol- 



lowifigclub delegates in attendance: 



Bfiy Point Club, Erie -Messrs. A. .). Keeney, J. 8. Hil- 

 ton, LfviMoiriu, Ham Conanl Horace W- inn 



i. Chin- Pishing and Shooting Club, Detroit - 

 atcsatu W C. Ciilburu, E 0. Dtn-Ka, L. L. Barbour, 8, R, 

 Wool! . L. W. linker. 



I - -maw Game Protection Club— H. D. Met-shon, 

 J. E. Divingston, Hosea Pratt, Vincent Kindler, AV. B. Mcr- 

 SUOn. 



Central City Sportsmen's Association— IS. E. Rogers, 

 C. W . llEI.y.a. H. Mann, K. W, Brinkhnrt, Frank S. 

 Clark. 



Detroit 'Hunting Club— Stephen IT. Ives, QeorftO H. Par- 

 >V. Wiukiar, John Bdkuap. John II. Bisscll 

 i -muty Sportsmen's Club. Grand Rapids— L. D. 

 tforn ii. WiddecoiBb, J. C. Parker, L, f). Fo)l/ i 

 Locke. 



Point Moufllie Shnoling Cluii, Detroit— E. II. Gillnuui, 

 Barbour. 



Da tile Creek Spprtetnen's Chili— E. C. >i ichors, N. A 

 Eugene Harbeek 



Bay Couul, Sportsmen's Association— Cbas. C. Filzhugh, 

 C. F, Gibson. P.enj. Whipple, Benson Crinkles. D. BE, 

 Fitzhu-h, 



.North Channel Shooting Club, Detroit— F, A.,B-akc.r, 

 E F. i lonely, R.D. Rohison, Geo. M. Savage, Julius Hess. 



There wen- also present several individual and visiting 

 members. wlm look pari in the deliberations of the associa- 

 tion. 



Dr. E. S. Ftolmca, ul Grand Rapids, who has held the 

 oiliee of President since 1876) addressed the association as 

 follows: 



,!,■■! : --: Li tiled, 

 challon:.. ■ 



*and rice 

 sends f.b UC li « 

 meadow, when fh 



■ ■. plea Eoi ii 



the timid hare, sb 

 leaded with ozon 

 whistles ..ieUtinco I. 

 innocent, noiile an 

 fertile: ■■ 



fro: 



ml i. 



>zz 



Evq 



B. tCHli 



■'■ 



-i ■ - .■ 1 1 . . i - Mil - 

 have noi now linn- 

 rhe work so nnspici 

 gauie. as vs-1 . - ! ,- 

 Whether ii.- --lT.il 

 material ehaugc= in 

 tlemeu, to i tern ,: 



.!■■■.. . ■■ :son Jul- all 

 iniil'orm as pnssihk 

 hu vi) the open seast 

 s.o ■■ a '-.--en 



Musiileraiion 



-.. .son on all la 



u 

 mo thai ii won 



nil parts or thi 



-:■ pt j, iris . 

 k-ilie I o 





liglio 



ithlei 





He 



..-ipliancewitb this rcpiesi I have prepared, 

 and submit herewith a petition to Congress, asking lor t.':e u. " -.-.-..ly 

 legislation to accomplish these ends, v.liicli I hope Mils association 

 will endorse. 



Anil noil 1 . gentlemen, allow me to express (lit- shieere ami hones' 

 gratitude I fee! for the many honors , von have conferred iir.m me. 

 foryoiirforc-ai-aiioo of mv errors -mil =h..r do lings, and for your 

 enthusiastic Jical in tin- good work for which rliis association was or- 

 ganized. I can only ask f..r niv successor the kindc 



■ i I ■■.nppoi't.I hav. - <o in.a..rn,l.v received at your hands. 



Mr, Toms slated that a bill had been prepared prohibiting 

 duck and other foul shooting from submerged boats or other 

 forms of batteries. Upon this the Legislature will be urged 

 to act favorably, fie moved that the president and secretary 

 : jociattonbe instructed, and the presidents and see- 

 retarieaof all Stale clubs be requested, to officially petition 

 the Legislature to pass the bill, and his motion prevailed by 

 an unanimous vote. 



WhiiMtsnAY'H BESMPSf. 



John II. Biased, of Detroit, submitted a LU py of a bill 

 lhat is to lie submitted to the Legislature, prohibiting fishing 

 with nets in the American waters of Lake St. Clair and oon- 

 iifimotts waters during the months of March, April, May 

 and June of each year, and asked the association to recom- 

 mend its passage. ' Dp added that he had the assurance of 

 Ontario sportsmen that if Michigan shoirid pass such a law. 

 IhGy will endeavor to do He' same, 



The bill, after considerable discussion, was ,,o amended 

 as to permil the ItOtting of sturgeon and wall-eyed pike 

 at all times, and was then referred to the legislative cOHir 

 miltcc. 



0. W. Higby. of Jackson, IV, nn the Committee on Game 

 and Fish Lows, reported in favor of the appointment of a 

 name and fish warden bi the Uoveruor, upon reconuueiida- 

 tiou of the State Association, his salary to be paid by the 

 State, and of a reward for the killing of owls, hawks, foxes, 

 skuukw and other predatory birds and animals, The warden 

 should have, power to appoint one or more deputy wardens 

 in each county in the State, upon recommendation of the 

 county clubs' With this system practically in riffect, ii 

 would be but a lew years before our forests and fields, and 

 lakes and streams would produce a bountiful supply of 



healthful and nutritious foo.l 

 hand, if the destruction of rii 

 on for three or four years ni« 

 ,ou tcos »i' food supply will be 

 11. recommended that the la' 



r tin 



On the other 



; allowed to go 



the past, these 



■futile exhausted. 



; tO make 



vl, bird 



' I.-, season, excepting the first cierhl. days thereof, bo 



prima facie c\ idenee of illegal killing. [JcfeiTed L, ihe 

 legislative committee. Prank X. Clark, of f\'orthville. 

 read an inieresling paper on "Fish Pood and Food Fishes." 

 which Mas listened to with marked attention, It will be 

 found in our Eishculture columns on another page. 



Letters of regret at inability lo attend the meeting were 

 received f 1 " 1 " :l large number of prominent sportsmen 

 throughout the Stale. " From Others the following is selected 

 because of being widespread in its applicability: 



E.ls ( SAOIKAIV, August 13, 1888, 



rid 1. 



■ultinv 



ion thespaivnins betlB 

 trip mirth aud wesa 0: 



and alijo la its exposition of the relations existing between 

 the public and those persons who have leased lands for the 

 sole purpose of hunting upon them. The paper entire i-. as 



Ma. Premdi.nt and i .enti.ume:. oh ■ tiif Miciiio.k- S)>oarsMBK's Asso- 



Bomedays since I received from ounvorthv president notlceol 



I-u'rii.-ntonihi-hibt i-mJof a eouimitl'iio. to whom had bean 



- - he tlutv of uiakinK a report, on "Trespass l.a w? and I ho 



Mutual Hichis of Sportsmen and Liiu.l.iui.-is," and thai: it was im- 



;.i..i": . ' 1 ^ ■■s-.,-iLiinl io the diipalehof husiaess thai T should he 



port nli. a .-nil. I for. and that la- had a i leht to an I did ■ 



pels the'wroi 

 same, which 

 act. The arn 



ust a 



ndlogivellreirv 



-diet In refereuuo 



hile the law considers that a, wilful net of treapaSs shoull he 



lie pimisht-.d. on rim ...tiier hand it does not absolve the 

 inn wln/inadvei tenth , in the zeal of pursuit, enters upon an- 

 laud. The fact or' the trespass remains the same, and the 

 ner, therefore, is aatit lial re. i-ei-over his damarcew, hut is eon- 

 the actual loss ho has suffered. 



ie eomm...i !:.■. II a I g -i a misdemeanor to hunt upon the. 



V. ■■. ■- ao a la.: •■ ... '■■ ii • . .,■., :,■■-, : ■■. .. a ■ ,..-.- iiani ■ .: 



lial.le to imjirisohm.-iit. not 1. - !■ a i "ae lion thirty days. 



Therefore the sponsmaii who tr.-spaases upon iuel..sed land is not 

 onlj eivill - reBponsible to the owner for daman's done, hni. Is 

 eriininnllvf i.al..'" t" liia- and imprisonment. 



This law nuuht to Ie- aincinlei! so as to make i! Iliedllt of tin; land- 

 owner to p.-.^i notices f.irhi.ldinsc himtiuK mi his Inclosed lands or to 

 ■tive actual node- to the -;.„-,[ tsaaoi hefoi-e tlio latter .shall be liable 

 to such Hue. 



in absolute property iu the "sani"' 1 which 



II ids hi. id. 





I tile 



property the 

 exclusive rig 

 moment the 



lr a hinder 

 passes inorta 



sul.j.-et only to 



hi rity to enter n 

 have been adopi.-il 

 stniplv to prevent il 

 sriietiolis linpi.sed n 

 Ihch.-rtei ia f .■■ ii 

 It Is somewhat tilt 

 hunting, and to not 

 presenl in vnealo in 

 tlir- forests for hi- " 



them witaoui thaso 



the 



rii i , -I ill holds K'l 



lions thai mar be imp a 



a. ■■ . >i,c statute 1: 



hts of the om ten oi 

 and without the owner'- 

 to please any one cli 

 irpntion of frame, And 

 m, and Ihe more strict li 



jtvanahl of purs 

 val right wa.s exe 

 V from Inndowne 



fv pi .amiarv 



.uqucsl, ami 

 iic" was then 

 ■ authorized 

 iple that the 

 :iiiKilom. and 



ne rigor, and 



"aay.nia sio-ams an ojiport 

 ..a ;, i i isino u course or btb 

 Luaviugthe moral aspects 



there is ,'iar.ll/. Onj til tthD 



i.'.a i all lands of name a 



on Sund ly, I isti. 



rldis passionate 



aport laws have. 



uoouecd unconBtitute.nalaiu 



i , . i ay he rendered as I, 



. i.-il. Would il not tic 



. eialatioii can he seem 



:- constitutionality o: 



n entirely ottl o£ viev 



ually promote the pro 

 ,o of huutiiis and fisliiiif 

 ir, arid should receive 



i other States, ,aud pro 



I , .■ ill which eel.- 



Now, if eels were Introd 

 hi ml it out, they would sp 



• old England d. 



irmatiou, 

 nnited in 



, so that 



.-. Finally, 

 i.ved to pur- 



«et« 



>u essential, 

 .et.rtne.aiid 

 -hunters in - 

 |ect to the 



It 



pit... 





I km 



Il- 



ls are I heir pre-- in fancy. Tliev waur something | "m 

 sl Send 'em eels; they are Justlnuigry for some! I - 



,p-.n itar ..,,1.1-aiing nrouuds | he 



texteruuna and i i-a hop.- I. ■■■■■' to ii.i i .- 1 pa! 



.a I [pen ass .gain. rav 



i little more troubl. in gelling rid of the black fit 



.. iif'aal l.a Heo a, II la lime, clean them »"' 



1 aj-t-ill sunlish is ortljor than a irmii dr Lev., an i ' ' 



man in tlio cars, whosi woolen' ' 

 of deer hair ilait lie mid to scratch himself con- P 1 ' 1 

 e that he keen of u sweet, s.vlian, secluded lake the 



forbidding shooting on the same, 



er, it, is hotter that no trespass 



re-pass is wilful « hen the tres- 



loti the laud. The instances are 



i i p, inn snooting upon his 



' - the sportsauui cheerfully 





lot to be 



lease or 

 ntiDg of 



■aisli lo 



rlicnlar. 

 . owned 



at this session I - in- 



.... a I to secure tbe app. 



good our gam.- and fish .........may he. wiila., 



for ilieii entorcerae ■ t ma a dead letter, as I roc 



lust ., ear, the "problem bi fore us tOrday is, ho* ■- ■ ■ 

 oe.me aaal llsh laws-or, nsl would prefer to put u i . . 

 -or. , -.,..., a. i r md obedience to tbciawSS' l know ot no 



i, Hie ..... - ;li,a,a- proposed. And aale-.s a hell i 



.. ._-.i, ■ 1 . lc-i us do all in our powe, c - ' I ■ - ■:■.-■ ■ 



-■.I. - a . ■ . ' ■■ ai ■. , i s. a ii us -a. nded I c 



the p. ople, nol to futin i 



■■ , . ■ probably, read Lieut.-Gen. 8heridan\s repor 



-aaaiaa i , jp i ,, Mas V.-llowstOLC Park, au-l tns rsCO.uuiiai.la.tr 



rue e.nk. ...i, i -o, a wonderful land, i 





L dm 



s io | teres! 



at Qei 



- . ,-- r ,. a jomie animal, it would be good 

 . twill onlv addiu conclusion, Una I 



hi • . I.. . . onie eels. 



Voarspiseatuiially ,'. II '.n , Jm 



lorn-, iv-.if , the well know atlon.. y, ul Detroit, 

 id an OpiniOlJ regarding the- "Mutual Rights of 

 iicn and Landowners,' 1 which is of considerable in 

 3 between sportsmen and non-huntiitg landowners, 



The association then, in committee of ihe whole, consid- 

 ered proposed amendments lo the existing game laws of the 

 Slate, These amendments were all reicrred to the k-gifi- 



' il. , . .poiinee. by wliicb (hey will he still iurlher consid- 

 ered, and then incorporated in a bill and submitted to Ihe 

 Legislature. This couiiliill.ee ennsisis of W 7 , C. I olhiiru, of 

 Deln.il; II. H. Fih'imgh, of Bay Uilv: F. !S. Clark, of 

 Northville; C. W. lligby, of Jackson, and W. B. alershoii. 

 Of Fast Saginaw, The proposed aumiiduH'iit.s are aa fol- 

 lows: 



