THE GAME BREEDER 



in jail, far bigger and longer than the 

 fines and penitentiary sentences imposed 

 on persons guilty of real crimes, burg- 

 lary, forgery, larceny, etc., where the 

 element of "moral turpentine" is strong. 



We believe, at least during the con- 

 tinuance of the war, when a food pro- 

 ducer is found engaged in his laudable 

 industry, even without paying the ad- 

 vance penalty, or license, for so doing, 

 it would be wise simply to notify^ 

 him that he must pay the license and 

 not to break up his plant as if it was a 

 gambling house or a joint for the mak- 

 ing of counterfeit money or "moon- 

 shine" whiskey. 



"Man, Proud Man," when he becomes 

 a game warden, should not regard food 

 producers as in the criminal (M. T.) 

 class. He should not make his raids 

 under the presumption there is "moral 

 turpentine" when such a thing is impos- 

 sible from the very nature of the indus- 

 try. He should not seize and confiscate 

 birds which are laying eggs. He should 

 not be permitted to acquire big fines and 

 to boast of his exploits. 



"Proud man, dressed in a little brief 

 authority," when he becomes a game po- 

 liceman, seems to over-exert himself in 

 New York and sometimes, of old, he did 

 so in New Jersey, until Commissioner 

 Xapier promptly brought about some re- 

 forms. 



No such scandals, as have occurred 

 recently in New York, ever occur in 

 Massachusetts or in the other New Eng- 

 land States, where the breeding of game 

 is a legal industry. They would not be 

 tolerated in the South or in the West. 

 They are a disgrace to New York and 

 we believe and hope the Conservation 

 Commissioner will undertake to curb his 

 over-eager officers. 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



Editor Game Breeder : 



The enclosed clipping indicates that 

 you are right, as usual, in warning 

 sportsmen that those who stopped dove 

 shooting are determined to put bob white 

 on the song-bird list. I often think of 

 the closing sentence in the letter which 

 you published from a lady in New Jersey 

 who decided to give up game breeding 



on account of the game laws : "The fools 

 are not air dead "yet are they?" Why 

 not encourage the breeding of quail? 

 Indiana. F. H. Ridgway. 



The following is the clipping: 



QUAIL CLASSED AS SONGBIRDS. 



Columbus, Feb. 7. — By an almost unanimous 

 vote, the Ohio House of Representatives 

 passed a bill to put quail on the songbird list 

 and prevent hunters from killing them. 



OUTINGS AND INNINGS. 

 Winsted's Move Next." 



Mrs. William Crown, who lives on the 

 old Dark Moon road back of Allamuchy, 

 N. J., hung her table cloth on the clothes- 

 line a few days ago and in half an 

 hour she was pained to see three deer 

 eating it greedily. The table-cloth was 

 ornamented with a design of green 

 leaves. Mrs. Crown fought the deer off 

 with a stout stick and they retired for 

 reinforcements, returning a little later 

 with three companions they attacked the 

 woman and ran her into the house. — 



Exchange. 



• 



The Danger. 



"Pa, a man's wife is his better half, 

 isn't she?" 



"We are told so, my on." 



"Then if a man marries twice there 

 isnt anything left of him, is there?"— 



Boston Transcript 



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A Boomerang. 



"You made a fool of me," exclaimed 

 the angry husband. 



"My dear," calmly rejoned his better 

 half, "you seem to have forgotten that 

 you have always posed as a self-made 

 man."— Indianapolis Star. 



An Expectorate. 



"A man asked Miss Katherine Pitts 

 The breed of her little dog Fritz. 



I think, replied Kate, 



He's an Expectorate. 

 The truth was the dog was a Spitz." 



This reminds of the statement of a 

 washwoman who often referred to her 

 excellent dog. When esked what breed 

 it was, she said she guessed it was one 

 half spitz and the other half was "just 

 dog." 



