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NEW LONG ISLAND GAME BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. 



A new Game Breeders' Association, or 

 shooting syndicate, has been formed to 

 breed game of the species which legally 

 can be produced for shooting under the 

 New York Game Breeders' law. Ex- 

 periments also will be made in breeding 

 quail and other American game birds 

 which can only be shot in limited num- 

 bers or not at all. 



Many members of the old Game 

 Breeders' Association at Wading River, 

 who dropped out when the club was 

 moved to Orange County, often have 

 talked about starting a new association 

 on Long Island, which is more access- 

 able to New York and Brooklyn sports- 

 men than the preserve near Port Jervis 

 was. 



The new grounds are not quite as far 

 out on the island as the old grounds were 

 and in some ways they appear to be more 

 suitable for game. The soil is better and 

 foods for the game can be more easily 

 produced. The house is perhaps not 

 quite so good as the old house was but 

 it is steamheated and those who go down 

 to shoot can be made comfortable. From 

 some of the fields views of the sound are 

 obtained and the woodlands are pictur- 



esque and very suitable for ruffed 

 grouse. The association hopes to be 

 able to procure some grouse and grouse 

 eggs for experimental work in order to 

 improve the grouse shooting. It is most 

 fortunate that the bill to put the ruffed 

 grouse on the song bird list for a period 

 of years failed in the Assembly. Since, 

 of course, no one could be expected to 

 give the grouse any of the much needed 

 care and attention if the laws prohibited 

 the shooting and eating of grouse. 



The dues in the new club are fifty-two 

 dollars a year and the reason for fixing 

 this amount was to be able to demon- 

 strate that good shooting can be had for 

 a dollar a week provided the game be 

 properly looked after. Many members 

 who shoot well can, if the place is as suc- 

 cessful as it promises to be, take home 

 enough meat to largely offset the amount 

 of the club dues and the members will 

 donate a lot of game to hospitals enter- 

 taining soldiers and sailors returning 

 from abroad. The new club is com- 

 posed largely of residents of New York 

 and Brooklyn ; others residing at Great 

 Neck, St. James, Northport and other 

 Long Island villages. It seems likely the 



