THE LEAGUE OL AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



OFFICERS OF THE L. A. S. 



President, G. O. Shields, [9 W. -'4th St., 

 New York. 



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

 Washington, D.C. 



2d Vice-President, E. S. Thompson, 144 

 Fifth Ave, New York. 



jd Vice-President, Hon. YV..A. Richards, 

 Cheyenne, Wyo. 



4th Vice-President, W. T: Homaday, 69 

 Wall St.. New York. 



jt/i Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 93 

 Fifth Ave., New York. 



Secretary, Arthur F.Rice, 155 Pennington 

 Ave., Passaic, N.J. 



Treasurer, F. S. Hyatt, Clinton Bank, 

 New York. 



FIRST ON RECORD. 



The L. A. S. has done its first piece of 

 real, practieal work in the interest of game 

 protection. The President, the Secretary, 

 and the Chairman of the Committee on 

 Legislation went to Albany, February 22d, 

 and made arguments, before the Assembly 

 Committee on Came Laws, in favor of the 

 repeal of the iniquitous section 2 n Q of the 

 New York game laws. 



This law allows the sale of game at any 

 time of year if the dealer can show that it 

 came from some other State. Assembly- 

 men John A. Weeks, jr., has introduced a 

 bill to repeal this law, and it was in support 

 of his bill that the officers of the League 

 made their appeal. 



Mr. Weeks has also introduced a bill to 

 prohibit the hounding of deer on Long 

 Island, and another to prohibit the netting 

 and the pursuing of ducks by vapor 

 launches, in Long Island sound. The L. A. 

 S. delegation also earnestly advocated the 

 passage of these bills. Mr. R. B. Lawrence. 

 Secretary of the New York Association for 

 the Protection of Came, also appeared be- 

 fore the Assembly Committee and ably 

 championed all these bills. 



It is expected that when these measures 

 come up in the Senate that body will also 

 give a public hearing thereon. If so the 

 L. A. S. officers will again be on hand to 

 advocate their passage. 



EVERY MEMBER SHOULD WEAR THE BADGE. 



A Michigan member thinks it would not 

 be wise for League members to wear a 

 badge. He says if they do, market hun- 

 ters will soon learn who the members are. 

 and avoid them. 



That is just what we want. We want 

 every friend of game preservation in the 



United States and Canada to join the 

 League and wear a badge. We want L. A. 

 S. badges to glare on market hunters and 

 game hogs, at every turn. We want t>> 

 badges so numerous that game law viola- 

 tors wall be afraid to .show themselves, any 

 where, with their illicit game, lor fear of 

 being reported to the authorities and prose 

 cuted. We want to make it impossible tor 

 a man to take his game into town and sill 

 it, or ship it, without being confronted, on 

 every block, and at every door, by a League 

 badge. Get this badge on to the lapels of 

 all good sportsmen, and it will .0011 be- 

 come such a terror to evil doers that they 

 will reform and engage in some decent oc- 

 cupation. 



COMMITTEES. 



The following committees have been ap- 

 pointed to serve one year: 



On Legislation and the Enforcement of 

 laws: J. H. Seymour, E. A. Pond. Wm. 

 Dutcher, Dr. J. A. Allen, Dr. Robert T. 

 Morris, John B. Simpson, R. C. Alexan- 

 der. J. D. Wright. A. F. Brownlee, Wm. 

 II. Talcott, Harry Watkins, George Batten, 

 F. Seaman, John J. Amory, W. A. Hois- 

 ington. 



Rules and Regulations: W. E. Coffin, 

 Dr. L. R. Morris, Harry Bent/. 



Rights and Privileges: W. L. Beard. A. 

 L. A. Himmelwright, T. II. Kellar. 

 ^ Membership: H. C. Walsh, Dr. R. O. 

 Stebbins, P. K erst in g. 



Transportation: E. F. Burnett, J. J. 

 Farnsworth, Charles B. Hudson. 



Auditing: James C. Young, G. H. 

 Squires, Paulding Farnum. 



Local Organization: L. C. Whiton, A. 

 C. Wilmerding, R. D. Lydecker. 



OPPOSED TO THE SALE OF GAME, 



A friend writes me that he cannot en- 

 dorse the plank in the platform of the 

 L. A. S. which declares the League opposed 

 to the sale of game at all times and under 

 all circumstances. 1 have replied to him 

 as follows: 



There were about 140 men in the conven- 

 tion, representing \~ different States. When 

 the clause you refer to was read it was re- 

 ceived with a generous round of applause 

 and when the proposition came to a vote. 

 it was adopted without a dissenting voice. 

 As you know, this principle has been advo- 

 cated by the sportsmen's journals for many 

 years past, and by Recreation ever since 

 it was started. It is but rarely that any cor- 

 respondent of cither of the journals referred 

 to has opposed the plan, although the col- 

 umns of all are open to the discussion of 



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