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RECREATION. 



ing this up in Recreation, and I hope you 

 will continue the good work. 



R. D. Pratt, M. D., Shelbyville, Ky. 



I heartily approve Mr. Lydecker's idea of 

 a League of American Sportsmen. We 

 need it badly, and have needed it a long 

 time. There are a lot of people who think 

 they are sportsmen and who lack a great 

 deal of it. There are others who may be 

 reticent about the matter, and think they 

 are not sportsmen, when they are the real 

 ones. This League will set a standard. 

 Please count on me as a charter member, 

 and whenever the dues are wanted they will 

 be sent. 



Permit me to compliment you on the 

 work you are doing in Recreation. It is 

 indeed recreation to read it. The more 

 firmly you stand for the enforcement of 

 game laws and the protection of game, the 

 better will you be supported and the more 

 humane your work. 



M. J. Elrod, State University, Missoula, 

 Mont. 



I have just been reading Mr. Lydecker's 

 article, in October Recreation, and the 

 more I think of it the more I become con- 

 vinced it is a great idea. There are thou- 

 sands of people in this country who would 

 support and encourage such a League, who 

 never shoot or fish; but who love the 

 woods and waters, the life which adds so 

 much to their attractiveness and which is 

 so rapidly disappearing. 



I feel impatient to see the work begin. 

 There are, I am sure, men who will devote 

 the time necessary to work this thing up 

 to a successful issue. Count me as one of 

 them. The work cannot begin too soon. 

 L. A. Huffman, Miles City, Mont. 



I read the letter of Mr. Ralph D. Ly- 

 decker, in the October Recreation, with 

 deep interest, and I believe a L. A. S. would 

 fill a " long felt want." This proposition 

 should meet with the approbation of every 

 true sportsman. I conferred with Dr. T. F. 

 Smith, the President of the Tacoma Rifle, 

 Rod and Gun Club, and with a number of 

 the members of the club, and without ex- 

 ception they all expressed their hearty ap- 

 proval of the scheme. 



Meriden S. Hill, 

 Sec'y Ferry Museum, Tacoma, Wash. 



I wonder no one has thought of a L. A. 

 S. before. Such a League, with the help 

 of Recreation, would stave off the ulti- 

 mate destruction of fish and game for many 

 years. To make an unpopular thing pop- 

 ular, identify it with a popular individuality. 

 Hence I second the motion to make Rec- 

 reation the official organ of the new 

 League. Let the thing boom, from the 



first meeting; and the sooner we meet 

 and get to work the better. 



Charles F. Wadsworth, Springfield, 111. 



The suggestion for a L. A. S. is a timely 

 one and should be acted upon immediately 

 by all true sportsmen. We want game and 

 fish hogs wiped from the face of the earth. 

 In union there is strength. Let us band to- 

 gether and do something practical. Count 

 me in on this grand movement. 



L. W. Walker, Pasadena, Cal. 



I heartily indorse the plan for a L. A. S. 

 Such an organization could do more toward 

 preserving our fish and game, than all the 

 alleged game protectors in the country. I 

 am with Mr. Lydecker, heart and soul. 

 R. H. Hendrick, Walcott, N. Y. 



This scheme offers the best solution I 

 have yet heard of the problem of game pro- 

 tection. I am warmly in favor of it. Count 

 me in as a member, when the time comes. 

 J. N. Hall, M.D., Denver, Colo. 



I am in favor of any movement looking 

 toward the extermination of game hogs 

 and fish hogs. Therefore put me down as 

 a member of the L. A. S. 



B. C. Broome, 

 363 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 



Count me in the L. A. S. and let me 

 know when you want my; dollar. 



T. K. Tuthill, M.D., New York City. 



I agree with Ralph D. Lydecker that we 

 should have a L. A. S. It is a good thing, 

 push it along. 



A. F. Crossman, North Clarendon, Pa. 



I fully agree with Mr. Lydecker and will 

 do all in my power to help make the L. A. 

 S a success. 



D. H. Eastman, Little Falls, N. Y. 



I am decidedly in favor of the idea sug- 

 gested on page 266 of the October number 

 of Recreation. 



Jas. C. Young, New York City. 



I am heartily in favor of the L. A. S. 

 proposition. If such a League could be es- 

 tablished game, all over the country, could 

 receive ample protection in future. 



F. J. Huntley, Oneida, N. Y. 



I heartily indorse the plan for a L. A. S. 

 and would be proud to have the honor of 

 being among the first to join. 



C. E. Butler, Salina, Kans. 



