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to 38 or 40 fathoms. These nets are set 
for trout, whitefish and herring. 
This means 40 to 250 feet below the sur- 
face. It does not’seem possible that any- 
thing but a fish could go to that depth. 
This may explain why so many crippled 
blue-bills get away from the hunter. That 
a duck can remain under water long 
enough to go to a 40 foot bottom even, 
and feed after it gets there, is a revela- 
tion. 
W. S. Watrous, Waukegan, Ill. 
The latest addition to Colorado ‘‘ Days” is State 
Game and Fish Day, to be celebrated at Steamboat 
Springs, September 8th and goth. There is to be a free 
barbecue ot elk, deer, antelope, bear and other game, 
and a fish-fry. There will also be rough riding, roping, 
ball games and other sports. Two days before the 
event a grand hunt will take place.—Sagauche ( Colo.) 
Crescent. 
This shows what kind of ‘‘protection” 
some of the Colorado people are throw- 
ing around their game and fish. 
Her ‘‘Days” are becoming numerous, 
as witness Melon Day, Peach Day, Pota- 
to Day, and Strawberry Day. Now we 
are to have a Game and Fish Day! “A 
grand barbecue’ preceded by the neces- 
sary slaughter! How glad the people 
will be when they have finished robbing 
their children of their birthright in the 
game! 
W. HSN: Mottatt: Colo, 
Mr. Irby Bennett, of the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Company, went to St. Louis last week, but remained 
here long enough for a good talk about the South and 
Southern game. He tells methe shooting at Wapanoca 
Club preserve, on the St. Francis, near Memphis, has 
been remarkably good recently. J. Edrington, of 
Memphis, on 3 consecutive days killed the limit of 
50 ducks a day, and moreover, killed 5 turkeys and 2 
wild ge>se. )- M. Neely killed roo ducks in 2 days. 
W.H. Carro!l in one day killed 50 ducks and 8 wild 
turkeys. B. F. Price, the secretary of the club, killed 
tg ducks one day, and Mr. Buckingham and Frank 
Poston, of Memphis, have each killed the limit on 
several different occasions this winter. That is really 
a wonderful shooting preserve, and personally / always 
liked this club, because it sets a limtt to the dazly bag, 
which is something any shooting club ought to do in 
these days. 
Extract from a letter printed in the A. 
D. G. H. and written by a staff corre- 
spondent. You see he fikes a club that 
allows a member to kill 50 ducks and 8 
wild turkeys in one day! 
H. W. Keller, the new member of the California Fish 
Commission, returned yesterday from Humboldt 
county, whither he went with Chief Deputy John P. 
Babcock, to inspect the Eel river hatchery. 
The trip was attended by an unexpected incident 
which afforded a lively sensation in Eureka, where the 
travelers were detained a day. They went tothe Vance 
House to geta lunch. One item on the bill of fare was 
‘‘Mountain goat steak.”” They ordered some and two 
juicy venison steaks came on the table. Then the 
officers went into the kitchen where they found two 
steaks on the fire and others on the meat table. All of 
the meat in sight was promptly confiscated for evi- 
dence, A complaint was sworn out against Charles 
RECREATION. 
Pardee, the proprietor. He pleaded guilty and paid 
his fine of ¢20.—San Mrancisco Chronicle. 
This is good work, but Mr. Pardee 
should have been assessed $100 at least. 
EDITOR. 
E. K. Sperry, president of the Connecti- 
cut Field Trial Club, and of the New 
Haven County Club for the Preservation 
of Fish and Game, has preserved a large 
tract of land in the township of Hampton, 
Conn., and has an understanding with own- 
ers that no one shall be allowed to kill 
a bird thereon, or even to shoot over the 
ground. This is done for the purpose of 
keeping up the supply of game in that sec- 
tion, and any loss there may be is made 
up by restocking every year. If other 
sportsmen would follow Mr. Sperry’s ex- 
ample there would be more game in the 
land and less need for game wardens. 
What is the matter with George Hog 
Webber? I see he still has his kick com- 
‘ing. It is a good thing that such per- 
sons are few and far between. He would 
be in his place if he had a 1o-rail fence 
around him and a trough to eat out of. 
A game hog occasionally makes a squeal 
but there are so ‘many honest sportsmen 
against him that he soon gets ashamed of 
himself, goes to the wallow and lies down. 
If RECREATION keeps up the work it has 
been doing for the past year, the game 
hog will soon be a thing of the past. 
James M. Gilbert, Contact, Mont. 
I will see to it next September that the 
readers Of RECREATION have a report of 
the yearly slaughter of reed birds and or- 
tolans by the so-called sportsmen(?) which 
takes place in the marshes near here every 
year. The decent sportsmen tried to have 
a law passed which would allow the killing 
of birds only on every other day, but 
failed. : 
R. Wines, 1310 Emerson Street, N. E., 
Washington, D. C. 
A new game warden has been lately in- 
stalled here, He was formerly chief of 
police of this city, and you can bet 
the game hogs will have to root on high 
and dry ground this year. 
H. S. Peterson, Eureka, Cal. 
“What is the name of that United States 
ship that came after our money?’ asked 
the Sultan of Morocco. 
“The Chicago, sire.” 
“In that case,” said the monarch, sadly. 
“there is nothing to do but to separate 
ourselves from our sequins.”’—Indianapo- 
lis Journal. 

