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A TEXAN TOUR. 



In October last 4 of us started from 

 Dallas on a 3 weeks' tour of Western Tex- 

 as. Our armament consisted of 4 rifles and 

 3 shot guns. We had a tepee tent, 7x7, 

 with a 3-foot wall added, necessary bed- 

 ding, and ample provisions. 



Having left the train at Toyah, we en- 

 gaged W. H. East, with team, to take us to 

 the Southern point of the Guadalupe moun- 

 tains. We made a 3 days' stay at White's 

 ranch, 65 miles out, resting the horses and 

 getting information. We were lucky 

 enough to kill 2 deer while there. Then we 

 proceeded to the point of the Guadalupes, 

 20 miles farther, where we spent 4 most en- 

 joyable days roughing it in true Western 

 fashion. 



The country traversed North of Toyah 

 is rough and barren. Only one stream, of 

 brackish water, the Cottonwood, was en- 

 countered. We killed 5 deer, a large num- 

 ber of Mexican quails, a lot of rabbits, and 

 several coyotes on the trip. Large game is 

 not plentiful in that region. We saw a 

 number of antelope, but as they are pro- 

 tected by law in Texas we did not molest 

 them. Small game, such as quails and 

 rabbits, was abundant. 



The ranchmen did everything possible 

 to make our stay enjoyable, and invited us 

 to come again. I recommend that re- 

 gion to lovers of sport and nature, but 

 game hogs would better not go there. 



Our smokeless, small bore rifles all 

 proved their efficiency beyond doubt. 1 

 took 25 pictures with my 4x5 camera, but 

 12 of them were not good. The others are 

 prized by all the members of the party as 

 remembrances of a most enjoyable trip. 

 H. G. Hansson, Longview, Tex. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR POOR SPORTS- 

 MEN. 



I am greatly interested in the preserva- 

 tion of our game birds; an object which 

 you appear also to have much at heart. 

 It seems to me, however, that you do not 

 go to the root of the matter. While the 

 enactment of laws, and their strict enforce- 

 ment, tend toward putting ,off the evil 

 gameless day, yet that day is bound to 

 come in time. The laws that have had the 

 most effect are: 1st — The abolition of the 

 sale of game ; 2nd — The shortening of the 

 open season ; 3rd — The tax on non-resi- 

 dents ; 4th — The limitation of the size of 

 bags ; 5th — the abolition of spring and sum- 

 mer shooting. 



These, however, are at best but partial 

 and ineffective measures, for as our coun- 

 try becomes settled the game will leave it 

 or be destroyed. This has been the case 

 in Europe, and is already the case in the 

 older parts of this country. 



There is but one hope for the sportsman 

 of the future — perhaps the near future — 

 and that lies in shooting in preserved 

 ground, and in no other way. It has been 

 found the only way in other countries; it 

 will prove so in this. 



Already the city sportsman has to choose 

 between joining a club or going to some 

 remote and inaccessible district if he 

 wants sport worth having. This means 

 that it is fast becoming a sport for the 

 rich and leisure class. That class can al- 

 ways take care of itself; but what is to be- 

 come of the sportsmen who are limited, 

 both as to time and money? It is for that 

 class that these lines are written in the 

 hope that they may prove at least a partial 

 solution of the problem. 



W. W. Fisher, Philadelphia, Pa. 



