T^^ Game Breeder 



Published Monthly. Entered as second-class matter, July g, iqis, at the Post Office, New York City, 



New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 



VOLUME XII 



FEBRUARY, J9J8 



NUMBER 5 



. SURVEY OF THE FIELD. 



Illegal Food Produced by Industry. 



C. E. Caldwell of Crescent, Wash., recently 

 shipped 20 pounds of trout to the Spokane 

 Fish Company, taken from his private hatchery 

 near Crescent. A letter from Mr. Caldwell 

 stated that if the meat substitute could be 

 sold on the local market he had a big supply of 

 trout for the city. 



Mr. Henninger, head of the Spokane Oyster 

 and Fish Company, took the matter up with 

 the game commissioner, R. B. Wales, who 

 was doubtful about the sale of the fish as 

 a conflict with the state game law, the fish 

 which were tagged in the gills as specified 

 by state statute, were taken to the retail store 

 of Victor & Johnson and caught the eye 

 of a deputy game warden, who immediately 

 placed the retailers under arrest. 



The food administration has been urging 

 the extensive use of fish to conserve the 

 meat supply and under the circumstances it 

 has been urged that some emergency regula- 

 tion be made by the state authorities to per- 

 mit the sale of fish from privately owned 

 hatcheries or ponds under a license number. 



The matter will be taken up with Mr. Heb- 

 berd on his return from the C-oast. 



The courts should put an end to such 

 nonsense instantly. All that would be 

 necessary would be for the court to de- 

 cide that fish produced by industry and 

 owned by a breeder are not wild fish 

 owned by the State; that the legislature 

 surely did not intend to prevent a food- 

 producing industry. 



A test case can be presented and 

 passed on in a few minutes. We suggest 

 to the owner of the trout that he ofifer 

 the fish to an express company for ship- 

 ment to a dealer. Let the express com- 

 pany refuse to carry the fish because of 

 its fear that they are State fish, protected 

 by law. Apply for a writ of mandamus 

 compelling the common carrier to trans- 

 port the food, and in our opinion the 

 court will do the rest. 



Ohio Sport. 



The Fish and Game Protective Asso- 

 ciation of Ohio had a "Hooverized" din- 

 ner at Hotel Gibson. Cincinnati, recently. 

 "A majority of the sportsmen," the 

 Enquirer says, "appeared in sportsmen's 

 garb. A realistic touch was given the 

 affair by a surprise stunt — the turning 

 loose in the room of a white rabbit and 

 a beagle hound, a merry chase around 

 and under the tables ensuing." 



The audience sang "America." 



We think a more appropriate hymn 

 would have been "God Save the Rabbit." 



Now that the wild turkey and the 

 prairie grouse are extinct in Ohio (ex- 

 cepting the first named bird on a few 

 game farms), the ruffed grouse is nearly 

 extinct, and the quail and dove are on 

 the song bird list, we presume the sports- 

 men must find something besides field 

 sports to amuse them. We are sure, 

 however, a good old-fashioned cock main 

 would interest us more than worrying a 

 white rabbit in a dining-room would. 



Sunday Hunting and Fishing. 



Fred DeWitt, a New York game pro- 

 tector, says, in the Kingston Leader, 

 that Sunday hunting and fishing is a vio- 

 lation of law in New York, but since it 

 is not a violation of the game laws it is 

 not the duty of game protectors to en- 

 force the provisions of Sec. 2145 of the 

 Penal law, to which he refers. Since 

 sheriflfs seem to be under the impression 

 that the game police should look after 

 fish and game crimes the result is the 

 anglers may be seen beside the streams 

 and there is more or less popping of guns 

 with no one to interfere. 



