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THE GAME BREEDER 



ment and shoot for the National Ama- 

 teur title. This event is now on a par 

 with the Grand American Handicap, arid 

 in a few years it will be the greatest 

 single event in trapdom. 



Before the Interstate Association came 

 into existence there were . no standard 

 rules for the sport — every club made its 

 own, which caused no end of confusion 

 when there was a dual club shoot. 

 Peter P. Carney, 

 Editor of National Sports Syndicate. 



The Game Dinner of the Game Con- 

 servation Society. 



The second annual ;game dinner of the 

 Game Conservatiort Society at the Hotel 

 Astor, N.- Y.j* December 21, 1916, was 

 a great success. ^ Many distinguished 

 sportsmen and State' game officers were 

 present. At the guest table were the 

 three commissioners, Hons. Wm. C. 

 Adams, George H. Graham and Arthur 

 L. Millet, of Massachusetts ; Hon. J. W. 

 Titcomb, game commissioner of Vermont ; 

 Hon. Jno. N. Crampton, Superintendent 

 of the Connecticut Commission ; Mr. A. 

 S. Houghton, Secretary, of. the New 

 York Conservation Commission; Pro- 

 fessor T. Gilbert Pearson,. Secretary of 

 the National Association .. of) Audubon 

 Societies; Dr. H. K. Job, director of the 

 Department of Applied Ornithology of 

 the Audubon Society; Wm.S. Haskell, 

 Vice-President of the American Game 

 Protective Association; R. A. Chiles, of 

 Mt. Sterling, Ky. ; Dr. Robert T. Morris, 

 New York. A. A. Hill, Vice-President 

 of the Game Conservation Society, pre- 

 sided. Professor Pearson acted as toast- 

 master. 



The dinner was faultlessly served and 

 many expressed surprise at the fact that 

 the second game dinner was better than 

 the first, since it seemed impossible to 

 improve on the feast served a year ago. 

 Everything from the Cotuit oysters and 

 the Lake Champlain ice fish (intended 

 by the chef, no doubt, to make the Mas- 

 sachusetts and Vermont guests feel at 

 home) to the pheasant en turban and the 

 roast mallard was perfectly served and 

 the Hotel Astor may claim the credit of 



serving the best game dinner ever served 

 in New York since it became legal to eat 

 game in a public house. 



Mr. Hill made a short address of wel- 

 come and read a short report of the imr 

 portant work of the Society during the 

 past year. Preliminary reports coming 

 to the census, he said, indicated that 

 members of the Society produced over 

 a million more game birds than last 

 season. 



Mr. Titcomb delivered an interesting 

 address on the propagation of game fisH 

 which was illustrated with someremark- 



Mmn 



Cotuit Oyster! 



Veloute of Game, Grand Veneur 

 Olives Celery Radishes Salted Nuts 



Lake Champlain Ice Fish Saute, Braiii( 

 Potatoes Parmentier 



lenne 



Venison pique a la Russe 



Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts 



Nouilles a la Polonaise 



Pheasant en Turban, Careme 



Roast ' Mallard Duck a la Rouanaise 



Wild Rice Bar le Due 



Fruit Salad 



Bombe Mireille 

 Petits Fours 



Cafe Noir 



GAME DINNER 



O^ TMK 



GAME CONSERVATION SOCIETY 



HOTEL ASTOR 

 THURSDAY. DEC. 21. 1916 



able pictures on the screen. Dr. Job said 

 a few words praising the work of the 

 Game Conservation Society and its pub- 

 lication. The Game Breeder, and de- 

 scribed his work in the propagation of 

 wild birds. His moving pictures of wild 

 ducks, geese, snipe and other game birds 

 and his interesting talk about the abun- 

 dant game delighted his audience and 

 received repeated applause. 



Mr. Haskell spoke with enthusiasm' 

 about the new treaty with Canada in- 

 tended to preserve migratory birds and 

 members of the Society were much in- 

 terested in hearing about what had' been 



