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THE GAME BREEDER 



Now is the Time. 



Now is the time to send advertise- 

 ments of deer, game birds and eggs to 

 The Game Breeder. People have learned 

 to place their orders early and we are 

 so busy and so short of help that we 

 have little time or ability to solicit adver- 

 tising. Practically all we have comes 

 without solicitation. 



All owners of game ranches and shoots 

 should remember that they should buy 

 only from . those who advertise in The 

 Game Breeder. 



STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP. MAN- 

 AGEMENT, CIRCULATION. ETC., REQUIRED BY 

 THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, 

 of THE GAME BREEDER, published monthly at 

 New York, N. Y., for October 1, 1918. 

 State of New York, County of New York, ss. : 



Before me, a notary public in and for the State and 

 county aforesaid, personally appeared D. W. Hunting- 

 ton, who, having been duly sworn according to law, 

 deposes and says that he is the editor of the Game 

 Breeder and that the following is, to the best of his 

 knowledge . and belief, a true statement of the owner- 

 ship, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication 

 for the date shown in the above caption, required by 

 the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, 

 Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse 

 of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses 

 of the publisher, editor, managing- ~'Htor, and busi- 

 ness managers are: Publisher, The uame Conserva- 

 tion Society, Inc., 150 Nassau St., New York, N. Y.; 

 Editor, D. W. Huntington, 150 Nassau St., New York, 

 N. Y.; Managing Editor, none; Business Managers, 

 The Game Conservation Society, Inc., 150 Nassau 

 St., New York, N. Y.. 2. That the owners are: 

 The Game Conservation Society, Inc., 150 Nassau 

 St., New York, N. Y.; Stockholders: C. B. Davis, 

 Grantwood, N. J., A. A. Hill (Deceased), F. R. Feix- 

 otto, 55 John St., New York, N. Y.; John C. Hunting- 

 ton, 150 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. (at present 

 U. S. Ship Anniston, in service) ; D. W. Huntington, 

 150 Nassau St., New York. N. Y.; Dwight W. Hunt- 

 ington, 2nd (at present U. S. A., France); H. H. 

 Shannon, Great Neck Station, New York. 3. That the 

 known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security 

 holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total 

 amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: 

 None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving 

 the names of the owners, stockholders, and security 

 holders, if any, contain not only the list of stock- 

 holders and security holders as they appear upon the 

 books of the company but also, in cases where the 

 stockholder or security holder appears upon the books 

 of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary 

 relation, the name of the person or corporation for 

 whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the 

 said two paragraphs contain statements embracing 

 affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circum- 

 stances and conditions under which stockholders and 

 security holders who do not appear upon the books 

 of the company as trustees, hold stock and securi- 

 ties in a capacity other than that of a bona fide 

 owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that 

 any other person, association, or corporation has any 

 interest direct or indirect in the said -stock, bonds, or 

 other securities than as so stated by him. 



D. W. Huntington, Editor. 

 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day 

 of October, 1918. George F. Bentley, Notary Public 

 (102) New York County. (My commission expires 

 March 30th, 1920.) (SEAL.) 



The Hawk is Fastest Flier and Crow 

 the Slowest. 



By the Statistician. 



While there is considerable variation 

 in the speed of flight of game birds, the 

 table below may be taken as the most 

 accurate approximation of the compara- 

 tive speed at which the better known wild 

 birds fly. 



The crow may be taken as an example 

 of the slower flying bird, with a rate of 

 35 to 45 feet a second, and with an aver- 

 age speed of 45 miles an hour, while 

 many species of hawks attain the re- 

 markably fast speed of 200 feet a second. 



Here is the table showing the average 

 speed in flight: 



Feet per Aver- 

 Bird. Second. age. 



Quail 65 to 85 75 



Ruffed Grouse 60 to 90 75 



Snipe 50 to 70 65 



Mallard 55 to 90 75 



Wood Duck 70 to 90 80 



Teal 120 to 140 130 



Canvasback 130 to 160 145 



Canada Geese 100 to 120 110 



Red Head 110 to 130 120 



It may be said that if ducks are scared 

 they can reach maximum speed at will, 

 and this sprinting flight is usually what 

 the gunner has to make allowance for. 



On the other hand, many wildfowl are 

 jumped and killed while hovering over 

 decoys and moving slowly, and birds like 

 snipe and quail are often killed before 

 they have attained full speed. 



Upland birds are not often shot while 

 passing the gun at right angles, but going 

 straight away, quartering or twisting. — 

 National Sports Syndicate. 



Good Advice. 



The fact that an advertiser is tem- 

 porarily Oversold should not induce him 

 to abandon his advertising or give up his 

 customers. The ad should be left stand- 

 ing and the advertisers should offer to 

 procure the stock needed. It pays to 

 keep in touch and it also pays to help The 

 Game Breeder. 



Two excellent keepers write that they 

 are much pleased with the situations 

 they have just obtained through adver- 

 tisements in The Game Breeder. 



