480 



RECREA TION. 



of the best species of water fowl will be 

 entirely extinct, within 10 years more. 



That was a commendable act of yours in 

 releasing the wood-duck which you caught 

 in the trap. The average man would have 

 killed it, no matter at what time of the year. 



The New York Herald, of April 8th, in 

 commenting on the passage of the bill for 

 the repeal of Section 249, says " Mr. Weeks' 

 bill was fought by the railroads, the cold 

 storage and express companies, the game 

 dealers and the hotel and restaurant men. 

 Its final passage is one of the mysteries of 

 the session, in view of the powerful agen- 

 cies which combined to defeat it, as they 

 had defeated similar legislation for several 

 years." 



The " mystery " is explained by the fact 



that in previous years, when bills were in- 

 troduced for the purpose of repealing this 

 law, and were defeated, the L. A. S. was not 

 in existence. This year it was, and was in 

 the fight. That is the difference. 



The League will give, the politicians and 

 the newspapers a lot of other things to 

 guess on, within the next few years. 



The thanks of all members of the L. A. 

 S., and of all decent sportsmen in the whole 

 country, are due to Senators Chas. F. Guy 

 and Grant Higby, and to Representative 

 John A. Weeks, Jr., of New York, who so 

 industriously and manfully fought for the 

 repeal of section 249 of the game laws. The 

 members of the League, especially, will not 

 soon forget the great service these gentle- 

 men have rendered to the cause of game 

 protection. 



CANOEING. 



OFFICERS OF THE A. C. A., 



1897-98. 



Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brookly7i, 

 N. Y. 



Sec'y-Treas., C. V. Schuyler, jog Sixth 

 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



PURSERS. 



Atlantic Division, Wm. M. Carpenter, 

 Main St., Sing Sing, N. Y. 



Central Division, Laurence C. Wood- 

 worth, Gouvemeur , N. Y. 



Eastern Division, Francis J. Burrai^, 

 West Newton, Mass. 



Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 

 37 Charles St., Ottawa, Can. 



Annual dues, Si ; initiation fee, Si. 

 Date of meet for 1898, Aug. jth to 19th, 

 Stave Island, 1000 Islands, N. Y. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. 



Applications for membership may be 

 made to the purser of the division in which 

 the applicant resides on blanks furnished 

 by purser, the applicant becoming a mem- 

 ber provided no objection be made within 

 fourteen days after his name has been offi- 

 cially published in Recreation. 



The following have applied for member- 

 ship: 



EASTERN DIVISION. 



W. P. Brown, 21 St. Botolph St., Boston. 

 Wm. J. Osgood, Wawbewawa Canoe Assn., Wellesley 

 Hills, Mass. 



The Canoe interest as shown in your 

 March number, must be very pleasing to 

 the members of the A. C. A. The annual 

 meetings show good work by the Clubs. I 

 can vouch for the latch string of the Roch- 

 ester C. C, as I was one of 4 Buffalos who 

 pulled it, and enjoyed the Ice boating 

 on Irondequoit bay, March 5th and 6th. 

 The latch string is a good one, and every 

 one must make himself at home. The bet- 

 ter the time one has, the better the R. C. C. 

 is pleased. This good fellowship I am sure 

 extends to all Clubs, and if I were worth a 

 million a minute and expenses paid, I would 

 see and know every Canoe Club in the 

 country, and make A. C. A. Clubs of those 

 that are not. 



T. Horn, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Jaques. — " Mrs. West is not living with 

 her husband now." 



Faques.— " Is that so? What's the 

 trouble?" 



" He's dead." 



What does make you 

 your sleep, Joseph? " 



Mrs. Talkalot— 

 talk so much in 



Joseph — " Gosh all fish-hooks Maria! It's 

 the only chance I ever get." — Chicago Rec- 

 ord. 



Servant (returning from up stairs) — No, 

 sir, the mistress is not in. 



Caller — Yes, I heard her say she wasn't. 

 — Detroit Free Press. 



Always mention Recreation when an- 

 swering- ads. 



