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died at the age of two, thus proving that they cannot ‘stand confine- 
ment. They soon become very gentle ‘and affectionate, and if it were 
not for their untimely death would make a very desirable pet. -Unlike 
the deer, they do not become cross. They never kick, nor do the 
bucks ever try to use their horns. It was very common to see these 
antelope of Dr. Hibbard’s follow him around town, for after a few 
weeks of confinement they seem to lose all desire to go back to the 
hills. A striking incident of the devotion of the antelope for its mate 
‘is told by the doctor. One of the does took sick, and he kept her in 
an enclosure away from her mate. As long as he saw her he seemed 
to be all right, but a day after she died he noticed that she was gone, 
and from that day on he never ate another bite: He wandered over 
the town, seemingly trying to find his lost-mate, and finally, when all 
hope was gone, he came home to the hillside, and one morning was 
found dead. No reason can be given for. his death oxceDe: that. he 
died of a broken heart. 
It is a sad fact, but nevertheless true, that as man comes, the 
antelope must go. 
FISH AND GAME PROPAGATION AND 
PROTECTION FROM A BUSINESS 
STANDPOINT OR DOES IT PAY? 
By WarvdEN JAMES STEWART, Moro, Oregon. 
As a great many people have an idea that fish and game propa- 
‘gation and protection is a fad for the benefit of the few and cannot 
-be considered as a business proposition, I have been constrained to 
write this article, quoting in part from an article which appeared 
in the Saturday Evening Post of November 13 last, and from figures 
compiled by the American Game Protective and Propagation Society 
of New York for the year 1913, being the latest available, in view — 
of the conflicting dates of the fiscal years in the different states. 
From this we see that it is estimated by the authorities of one New 
England state (Maine) that the revenue from sportsmen for that 
state in 1913 amounted to twenty-one million dollars. This included 
money spent by sportsmen for transportation, hotel bills, guns, ammu- 
nition, licenses and guides. In another Eastern state it was estimated 
at twelve million dollars for the same items for that year. These 
figures are so large as to be hardly credible, but they were compiled 
‘with great care and at considerable expense by the association men- 
tioned, after correspondence with the proper authorities of the dif- 
-ferent states. 
Any just balance sheet of sport ought to take into consideration 
the practical or commercial value of the game and fish of the coun- 
_try. for food purposes. The statistics compiled show that one or two 
states have gone into this matter intelligently. Oregon may be quoted 
as follows: “What does the game of this state amount to purely from 
-the food standpoint? Approximately nine thousand deer were killed . 
in Oregon during the last year. This meat is worth about 16 cents a 
-pound. There were approximately one hundred and fifty thousand 
“ducks and about forty-five thousand Chinese pheasants killed during 
“the past season. From a food standpoint a mallard or a pheasant 
-is worth about 75 cents. A pound of trout or other game fish is 
‘worth 12 cents from the meat-standpoint. When -we consider the 
