THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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approval and that a convention of sports- 

 men, to perfect an organization, is soon 

 to be held. 



A special effort should be made to obtain 

 country membership, as one man in the 

 country can do more for the protection of 

 game than 6 men who live in town. The 

 men who live near the game are the ones 

 who will most likely know when it is being 

 intruded on. Here where I live, within 6 

 miles of Louisville, there was a better pros- 

 pect for good shooting, last summer, than 

 for many years past. I could sit at my 

 door and hear the familiar " Bob White " 

 from at least 6 different coveys of birds. 

 About 2 weeks before the close season ex- 

 pired some game hogs, from the city, be- 

 gan coming here, and by the time the legal 

 season opened only a few fragments of 

 coveys remained. 



What could any number of city men have 

 done to protect these birds? Yet a few 

 good men, living in the neighborhood, 

 could have driven these hogs from the 

 field. They were evidently from the city. 

 They were unknown to those who saw 

 them, were careful not to give their names, 

 and as no one in the neighborhood felt it 

 his especial duty to follow them into the 

 city and find out who they were, they es- 

 caped unpunished. I am heartily in favor 

 of organizing those who believe in the pro- 

 tection of our game, under any name that 

 will best serve the purpose, and let special 

 efforts be made to interest and enroll the 

 farmers. Once get them aroused to the 

 necessity of preserving our game from the 

 game hogs and the problem will be nearly 

 solved. Organize under such name, and 

 with such a constitution and laws as will 

 interest the greatest number of country 

 people, is my advice. 



J. W. Durham, Lockland, Ky. 



And mighty good advice it is, too. — 

 Editor. 



I am greatly in favor of a L. A. S., and 

 will do all in my power to help its growth. 

 I will gladly join it and follow its rules. 



A few weeks ago a nitro-glycerine fac- 

 tory emptied a lot of ammonia, and other 

 acids, in a small creek that empties into the 

 Blanchard river, above this city, and it 

 killed a great many fine fish. The river, 

 which flows through the centre of this city, 

 was covered with dead and dying bass, 

 weighing J / 2 pound to 2.y 2 and 3 pounds. A 

 great many people went in the water and 

 caught buckets full of fine bass, but they 

 were not fit to eat. 



Such destruction of fish should be looked 

 into by the State officers and should not be 

 permitted. Several years ago the brewery 

 here emptied some of its waste into the 

 river and killed hundreds of fish; but the 

 city authorities stopped them and there has 



been no cause to complain until the in- 

 stance mentioned. 



I read Recreation every month and 

 there is not another sportsmen's journal 

 that approaches it in interest and value. 

 Am only sorry it don't come every week. 

 H. A. Barnd, Findlay, Ohio. 



By all means put me down as a member 

 of the L. A. S. I can't go to New York, in 

 response to your call, but I want to be in 

 it, right from the start. I want to be one 

 of the charter members. I am a full blood- 

 ed white American, a voter, a rooter for 

 Recreation and the L. A. S. and, of 

 course, that means a full blooded, double- 

 geared sportsman, who will do everything 

 in his power to protect American game 

 from slaughter by hogs, pot hunters and 

 butchers. When the time comes draw on 

 me, through the First Nat. Bank, of this 

 city, for my entrance fee. Keep up the 



good work. Give the hogs h . 



F. G. Flower, Box 1218, Butte, Mont. 



I am in favor of a L. A. S., as suggested 

 by Mr. Lydecker. The time is ripe for just 

 such a movement and I feel confident it 

 will succeed. Last evening while reading 

 Recreation my brother called to see me, 

 and when I told him about it he became 

 deeply interested. I have secured his sub- 

 scription for Recreation in order that he 

 may keep in touch with the League. I shall 

 certainly attend the first meeting, and 

 bring as many brother sportsmen with me 

 as possible. William H. Picken, 



61 W. 113th st., N. Y. 



Am thoroughly in sympathy with the 

 movement for a L. A. S. and hope to at- 

 tend the convention. 



Frank L. Wilcox, Asbury Park, N. J. 



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

 Count me in. 



G. H. Gregg, Moravia, N. Y. 



A large number of other letters on this 

 subject, equally important and interesting, 

 are crowded out for want of space. — 

 Editor. 



I have just finished reading " Hunting 

 in the Great West," and, like all other 

 books of yours which I have read, it is 

 exceedingly interesting and instructive. It 

 seems as if you are talking to me, and 

 sometimes I almost think I am out in the 

 " Big Horns," or along the gulf coast of 

 Florida. 



Recreation is my choice among sports- 

 men's periodicals, and I will do all I can 

 for its welfare. 



P. K. Rossiter, Ithaca, N. Y. 



