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THE GAME BREEDER 



rising. At present we believe it will be 

 better, however, to improve the magazine 

 and to enlarge it somewhat than it would 

 be to attempt a weekly issue. Meantime, 

 we wish to ask all our readers to send us 

 new subscribers as many now do. 



directors of the New York N,ational 

 League Club; Robert Davis and Nor- 

 man Davis, formerly of the Jersey City 

 International League Club ; Archie Hur- 

 burt. Bud Fisher, the cartoonist, and 

 Irving Cobb, the humorist. 



"More Game" for Baseball Men. 



A number of baseball magnates, 

 headed by Capt. T. L. Huston, vice- 

 president of the New York American 

 League Club, have purchased the Dover 

 Hall Club game preserve in Glynn 

 County, Georgia, and intend to spend 

 the greater part of the winter season 

 there shooting and fishing. 



Dover Hall is situated on a tidewater 

 peninsula 10 miles by water and 14 miles 

 by land from Brunswick, Ga., and is 17 

 miles from Jekyl Island. The preserve 

 embraces 2434 acres, all in virgin wood- 

 land, heavily timbered, except 200 acres, 

 which are under cultivation. It is stocked 

 with deer, wild turkey, quail, snipe, duck, 

 rail and plover, and is considered the 

 finest game preserve in the South. There 

 are also four miles of oyster beds, 

 plenty of trout, bass, whiting, etc. There 

 is also a safe harbor for yachts. 



On ■ days when it will be impossible 

 to shoot in the field, trapshooting will 

 hold forth; in fact, trapshooting will be 

 one of the features of the life at Dover 

 Hall. Several club houses have been 

 erected and individual bungalows have 

 been constructed for many of the mem- 

 bers. 



Mr. Houston is president of the or- 

 ganization and George T. Stallings, man- 

 ager of the Boston Braves, is vice-presi- 

 dent. A few of the others who will 

 enjoy the pleasures of Dover Hall are 

 John K. Tener, president of the Na- 

 tional League; B. B. Johnson, president 

 of the American League ; Edward Bar- 

 row, president of the International 

 League; Jacob Rupert, president of the 

 New York American League Club; 

 Harry N. Hempstead, president of the 

 New York Giants; John J. McGraw, 

 manager of the Giants; Robert Lee 

 Hedges, formerly owner of the St. Louis 

 Browns; Charles Comiskey,- owner of 

 the Chicago:iAmericans ; Harry Stevens, 

 Frank Stevetos and John Cnnway Toole, 



Breeding Native Species. 



During the coming year much space 

 will be devoted to the best breeding 

 methods for American grouse and 

 quail or partridges. 



America undoubtedly has more wild 

 fowl than any other country in the world 

 and the artificial rearing of wild ducks 

 for sport and for profit is a well es- 

 tablished and growing industry. Hun- 

 dreds of thousands of wild duck eggs 

 will be sold next spring and since the 

 ratio of increase of any species is geo- 

 metrical when it is properly looked after 

 for profit, the wild ducks soon will be 

 much cheaper in the markets than they 

 are this season. America has become 

 the third largest producer of pheasants 

 and this industry of pheasant breeding 

 flourishes in nearly every state of the 

 Union and the provinces of Canada. 



It is most important to encourage the 

 breeding of our native game, the grouse 

 and quails and wild turkeys, both in a 

 wild state and in captivity. These birds 

 can be produced far more cheaply than 

 hand-reared pheasants. They will bring 

 higher prices in the markets both alive 

 and dead. It is purely a scientific busi- 

 ness proposition, therefore, to say that 

 our quails, grouse and turkeys quickly 

 will become tremendously abundant and 

 cheap in the markets as soon as the 

 people know how to breed them cheaply 

 and in large numbers. Hundreds of wild 

 turkeys have been successfully bred this 

 season. 



The Game Breeder will publish the 

 plans and specifications for such places 

 and will report the prices and profits 

 of those engaged in the new industry. 

 There will be numerous illustrations. 

 Sport has nothing to fear. In some of 

 the pictures excellent dogs will be shown 

 pointing birds in places where thousands 

 of qnail are shot every season. 



