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contributor to the Cosmopolitan, and has 

 written many stories of adventure and nat- 

 ural history sketches for Recreation and 

 other periodicals. In 1892, he brought out 

 a great work on " Taxidermy and Zoolog- 

 ical Collecting," which elicited the highest 

 praise. I have before pronounced this the 

 best book ever written, on these subjects, 

 and have had no occasion yet to change 

 my vote. 



While connected with the National Mu- 

 seum, Mr. Hornaday wrote an exhaustive 



W. T. HORNADAY, 



FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT. 



memoir on the " Extermination of the 

 American Bison." Four years ago, at the 

 solicitation of the Century Company, he 

 wrote for St. Nicholas a series of 20 pop- 

 ular and finely illustrated papers on " The 

 Quadrupeds of North America." In 1896, 

 he was chosen by the New York Zoologi- 

 cal Society as the Director for the New 

 York Zoological Park, since which l.e has 

 given that gigantic task his unremitting 

 attention. This promises to be the crown- 

 ing effort of a busy life. In this new po- 

 sition he receives a salary such as few men 

 in the world, in similar positions, have 

 ever enjoyed. 



Mr. A. A. Anderson, the 5th Vice-presi- 

 dent, is another thorough sportsman and 

 a well known painter. He has a ranch on 

 the Greybull river, in Wyoming, where he 

 spends his_ summers and autumns, devoting 

 most of his time to sketching and a small 

 portion of it to hunting and fishing. For 

 several years past he has taken an active 



interest in game protection, in that region, 

 even paying the salary of a game warden, 

 out of his own pocket. He is now actively 

 engaged in recruiting the membership of 

 the League, in Wyoming, as well as else- 

 where, and will show a good record by the 

 end of the year. 



He belongs to several prominent clubs in 

 this city and has a wide circle of friends and 

 acquaintances, where his influence in behalf 

 of the League will also be felt. 



He is a firm friend of game protection 

 and was one of the first to endorse the 

 movement for a L. A. S. It was eminently 

 fitting, therefore, that the convention should 

 choose 'him as one of the vice-presidents of 

 the League. 



Arthur F. Rice, the Secretary, is also 

 known and loved, wherever Sportsmen's 

 literature is read. Though a young man, 

 he 'has been, for many years past, a reg- 

 ular contributor to the sportsmen's peri- 

 odicals, and to Recreation ever since it 

 started. He is a graduate of Dartmouth 

 college, and is one of the most refined and 

 cultivated sportsmen it is possible to find 

 anywhere. He is one of the most kind- 

 hearted, high-minded and congenial men 

 I have ever met, and this is the verdict of 

 all those who have camped with him or 



ARTHUR F. RICE, 



SECRETARY. 



associated with him in any way. A man 

 may count himself fortunate who can num- 

 ber among his friends the Secretary of the 

 L. A. S. 



F. S. Hyatt, Treasurer, was. when elected 

 to this position, cashier of the Clinton bank, 



