THE GAME BREEDER 



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An Odd Shot. 



The board meetings of The Game 

 Conservation Society are always inter- 

 esting, and often lively. At the Novem- 

 ber meeting the following story was re- 

 ferred to the standing committee on na- 

 ture fakers and faking, with the request 

 that it make a special report on the re- 

 markable performance of William E. 

 Scripture, an attorney of Rome, N. Y. 

 Mr. W. P. Doyle wrote to the New York 

 World as follows : 



(Special to The World.) 



Rome, N. Y., Oct. 14.— Attorney William 

 E. Scripture, Jr., had an unusual experience 

 yesterday while hunting near this city. He 

 fired at a woodcock that flew up ahead of him, 

 and as the bird fell dead Mr. Scripture was 

 amazed to see a rabbit jump high from a 

 thicket and drop dead. 



The rabbit had been hiding in the thicket 

 thirty feet beyond the woodcock, and part of 

 the charge that did not hit the bird went on 

 and killed the rabbit which the gunner had not 

 seen. 



Soon after, Mr. Scripture's dog "pointed" a 

 partridge. The hunter gave the dog a com- 

 mand which must have been understood to 

 mean "get it." At any rate, the dog jumped 

 and caught the scared bird in its mouth and 

 brought it to his master. The bird was found 

 'to be so badly bitten by the dog that Mr. 

 Scripture had to kill it, making three kinds 

 of game for the afternoon with one shotgun 

 shell used. W. P. Doyle. 



To the Editor : This differs from many 

 rural stories sent to the New York papers in 

 that it is absolutely true. I have read your 

 report on the Bureau of Accuracy and Fair 

 Play and found it exceptionally interesting. 



W. P. D. 



The committee was instructed to have 



one of its special cartoonists diagram 



the incident and to forward all the papers 

 in the case with the drawing to Mr. 

 John Fanning, ballistic expert, for a re- 

 port on the possibility of a shot fired at 

 a woodcock in the air killing a rabbit on 

 the -ground 30 feet away. One of the 

 members of the board said Mr. Scrip- 

 ture's weapon certainly was "some scat- 

 ter gun." The question if the "part- 

 ridge" was out of season and if the dog 

 should be fined was referred to The 

 American Protective Association, with 

 the request that they detail a special offi- 

 cer to investigate the possible crime. 

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Original Sportsmen's Show Revived. 



The original Sportsmen' Show has 

 been revived. The next Exhibition will 

 be opened Monday morning, March 15, 

 and closed Wednesday evening, March 

 22, at Madison Square Garden, the 

 show's birthplace. 



Sportsmen's Shows were originated 

 by Captain J. A. H. Dressel. The init- 

 ial show was held May 13-18, 1895, at 

 the Garden. The shows of the future 

 will be held by the National Sports- 

 men's Show Corporation, under the aus- 

 pices of the National Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation. 



The Shows will be managed by Cap- 

 tain J, A. H. Dressel and Allen S. Wil- 

 liams. In the 1916 Show, there will be 

 features to be shown in Sportsmen's 

 Shows for the first time. Game reg- 

 ions will be well represented, especially 

 Canadian, and the guides, amid woodsy 

 surroundings, will be present in force. 



