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RECREA TION. 



ically declaring their sympathy with and 

 their interest in this movement, and their 

 readiness to join the League and pay their 

 membership fee as soon as organized. 

 Remittances are coming in at the rate of 

 25 to 50 a day. The majority of these mem- 

 bers will prove earnest workers, and each 

 of them may safely be counted on to enroll 

 10 of his friends as members. In fact, 

 judging from the great amount of enthusi- 

 asm and earnestness indicated, it seems 

 conservative to estimate that by the end of 

 this year the membership of the L. A. S. 

 will number 50,000. 



Let every advocate of game protection, 

 no matter where he lives or what his per- 

 sonal preferences may be, put his shoulder 

 to the wheel and help this great cause to 

 move. Send in your dollar at once. 



WHAT THE CONVENTION DID. 



Pursuant to a call signed by R. D. Ly- 

 decker and 85 others, for a convention to 

 organize a League of American Sportsmen, 

 140 men met at Hardman Hall, 5th Avenue 

 and 19th Street, New York, on January 18, 

 1898, at 10 a.m. 



The opening address was made by Mr. 

 G. O. Shields, who spoke of the urgent 

 need of a League of Sportsmen for the pur- 

 pose of protecting the game, and for other 

 objects mentioned in the call. 



Temporary officers were then chosen, 

 Mr. W. T. Hornaday for chairman and A. 

 F. Rice for secretary. At the request of the 

 Chairman, the Secretary read a number of 

 letters from those unable to be present, 

 promising their hearty aid and co-opera- 

 tion. 



On motion of Mr. E. S. Thompson, a 

 committee on Constitution and By-Laws 

 was appointed by the Chairman, consisting 

 of the following gentlemen: G. O. Shields, 

 E. S. Thompson and Wm. E. Carlin. 



On motion of Mr. Walsh, the Chairman 

 then appointed, as a committee on perma- 

 nent officers for the League, Messrs. H. C. 

 Walsh, Dr. T. K. Tuthill, H. Watkins, Dr. 

 R. O. Stebbins and J. Alden Loring. 



The Committee on Constitution and By- 

 Laws reported in due time, submitting a 

 draft of same which was read and explained 

 by the Chairman of the committee, and the 

 matter was then thrown open for dis- 

 cussion. 



On motion of Mr. Wilmerding, an addi- 

 tional clause was incorporated in the con- 

 stitution, admitting women as associate 

 members. 



On motion of Mr. Dutcher, the words 

 " for commercial purposes " were added to 

 the clause relative to song and plumage 

 birds. 



On motion of Dr. Allen, it was decided 

 that in the article prescribing the qualifica- 



tions for membership, the word " white " 

 should be stricken out. 



On motion of Mr. Anderson, the consti- 

 tution and by-laws, with the exception of 

 the amendments, were adopted as read. 



On motion, the official year of the 

 League of American Sportsmen was de- 

 clared to begin from the date of this meet- 

 ing, 



The committee on permanent officers for 

 the League, reported as follows: 



For President, Mr. G. O. Shields, 19 W. 

 24th Street, New York. 



For 1st Vice-President, Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam, Washington, D. C. 



For 2d Vice-President, Mr. E. S. Thomp- 

 son, 144 Fifth Avenue, New York. 



For 3d Vice-President, Hon. W. A. 

 Richards, Cheyenne, Wyo. 



For 4th Vice-President, W. T. Horna- 

 day, 69 Wall Street, New York. 



For 5th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 

 93 Fifth Avenue, New York. 



For Secretary, Arthur F. Rice, 155 Pen- 

 nington Avenue, Passaic, N. J. 



For Treasurer, F. S. Hyatt, Clinton 

 Bank, New York. 



On motion, the Secretary was instructed 

 to cast a vote for each and all of the gentle- 

 men above named. This having been done 

 they were declared duly elected for the en- 

 suing year. 



On motion of Mr. Wilmerding, Recrea- 

 tion was adopted as the official organ of 

 the League of American Sportsmen. 



On motion, the convention adjourned. 

 A. F. Rice, Secretary. 



WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



At a meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the L. A. S., held on January 24th, it 

 was resolved that the ruffed grouse be de- 

 clared the official emblem of the L. A. S. 

 Also that all persons who shall join the 

 L. A. S. before June 1st, '98, shall be en- 

 rolled as Charter Members. 



Mr. A. A. Anderson was delegated to 

 represent the L. A. S. in Washington, and 

 to urge the extension of the Yellowstone 

 National Park, so as to include Jackson's 

 Hole. 



Forest and Stream editorially condemns 

 the L. A. S. and predicts it will be a failure. 

 This is, of course, because Forest and 

 Stream did not head the movement. It is 

 also because Forest and Stream was not 

 chosen as the official organ of the L. A. S. 



Letters continue to pour in from all parts 

 of the United States heartily commending 

 the L. A. S. movement. Here are a few 

 more of them: 



I have read with interest the suggestion 

 of a National Association for the protec- 



