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THE AMERICAN SPORTSMEN'S GAME 

 PRESERVE. 



HIS is the largest and 

 will be the finest of 

 its kind in America. 

 It is within easy reach of 

 every true sportsman's gun 

 and tackle. To a certain 

 extent this preserve is meant 

 to be a public hunting and 

 fishing ground ; yet having 

 all the conveniences and ac- 

 commodations of a private 

 park. 



The rapid extinction of 

 large game in this country 

 has led to considerable dis- 

 cussion, from time to time, among lovers 

 of the chase, as to the feasibility of estab- 

 lishing a game preserve, on an extensive 

 scale. Many propositions have been made 

 to form syndicates, to select, in the West- 

 ern part of the United States, great ex- 

 panses of territory and to close them to 

 all but members and their friends. 



The difficulty of finding tracts of land 

 fully adapted to such purposes; the great 

 cost of the land, and of stocking it, and 

 the subsequent cost of maintenance, have 

 stood in the way of these numerous 

 schemes; so that none of them have been 

 carried out. 



True, there exist in different parts of 

 this country several small preserves; but 

 these are comparatively few in number and 



A DENIZEN OF OUR FOREST. 



are almost worthless when extent, quan- 

 tity and quality of game are considered. 

 Thus they fail to meet the wants of the true 

 sportsman. 



The American Sportsmen's Game Pre- 

 serve syndicate has acquired the territory, 

 fully stocked, and has pushed the project 

 of establishing a club hunting ground, al- 

 most to conclusion. 



A territory of over 300 square miles, with 

 all its native fauna and flora, has been ac- 

 quired from the Canadian Government. 

 Under the terms of acquirement, the syn- 

 dicate has absolute control of the section, 

 with all rights and privileges thereto, guar- 

 anteed by the Canadian Government and 

 will, if necessary, be officially sustained by 

 it. 



This wilderness is as wild as the most 

 ardent lover of nature could desire. It has 



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hardly, if at all, felt the axe, nor, until 

 recently, heard the report of gun or rifle. 

 Those who have gone through it claim 

 that, without artificial stocking, and by 

 properly restricting the shooting, game 

 sufficient to last for years exists. Further- 

 more, it will, when properly protected, 

 rapidly multiply and replace itself. As the 

 Government has excellent game and fish 

 laws in force, the club park could not have 

 been better located. The tract is broken 

 up into hills and level reaches of woods and 

 waterways, with an abundance of food, nat- 

 ural to the moose, deer and other denizens 

 of the forest. 



Another natural advantage, and one that 

 completes the list of desirable superiori- 

 ties as a hunting ground, is its convenient 

 location to populous centres, yet leav- 

 ing it isolated to its purpose. This tract 

 is only 24 hours from New York, and 

 many other large cities of the States. It 

 is within easy reach of the big centres of 

 the Dominion and of the great lakes. It 

 is reached by one of the most picturesque 

 routes on the continent. It is in Pontiac 

 county, Province of Quebec, several hours 

 off the line of the Canadian Pacific rail- 

 way. The daily mail of the most devoted 

 business man can always be had and an- 

 swered here as promptly, almost, as within 

 his private office. 



