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RECREATION. 



tion, for which you arc entitled to the 

 gratitude of every true sportsman and na- 

 ture lover. I trust you will do everything 

 possible to increase the membership of the 

 L. A. S. among your friends. 



Editor. 



The second annual meeting of the L. x\. S. 

 will be held in this city on the second 

 Wednesday of February, 1900. Eligible for 

 membership therein: 



All general officers of the League. 



All chief wardens of divisions having 25 

 or more members. 



All secretary-treasurers from divisions 

 having 100 or more members. 



All vice-wardens from divisions having 

 200 or more members. 



All delegates chosen by the several divi- 

 sions, and the chairmen of all standing 

 committees. 



A general meeting of the League will be 

 held on the day following this annual meet- 

 ing of officers and delegates, to which all 

 members of the League are invited. At 

 this meeting, topics of general interest to 

 the League will be discussed, and it is 

 hoped that a large attendance may be real- 

 ized. Members who may determine to at- 

 tend are requested to send notice to the 

 Secretary at once, in order that a hall of 

 suitable size may be engaged for the meet- 

 ing. We hope to have at least 20 States 

 represented in this meeting. We espe- 

 cially invite all local wardens to be pres- 

 ent. It will greatly benefit the cause to 

 have the members from various States and 

 from various portions of each State meet, 

 become acquainted, exchange views and 

 ideas, and thus fit themselves for better 

 and more effective work at home. 



The Seattle Post Intelligencer recently 

 published a photograph of 2 members of 

 the Seattle Rod and Gun Club standing 

 alongside of a great number of grouse 

 they had killed, and the caption stated 

 there were 150 of the birds. In another 

 part of the same issue of the paper is a 

 report that the same club is asking for the 

 appointment of a game warden to protect 

 the game in that vicinity. If this club 

 would teach its members to quit shooting 

 when they get enough, there would be no 

 need of a game warden. If all the mem- 

 bers of the club would join the L. A. S. 

 and induce the other sportsmen of that 

 vicinity to do so, and to co-operate with 

 us. we could help them greatly in preserv- 

 ing the game. 



I hope you are aware of my continued 

 interest in and support of Recreation, as 

 evidenced by local subscriptions and local 

 interest in the L. A. S. 



Can truly say I have done all in my lim- 

 ited power during the past year, having 

 written 8 or 10 articles for the local press, 

 and hung posters in New Hampshire, 

 Massachusetts and Connecticut during a 

 recent trip. Hornaday's report to the 

 N. Y. Z. Society has been of immense 

 value to me. He sent me 6 or 8 copies. 

 Vive la Recreation! 



Ernest Russell, Worcester, Mass. 



The Vermont kicker has disgusted me 

 not a little, and I am sorry any man 

 should call down on himself the reproach 

 of all fair-minded persons by talking too 

 much before he knows "where he is at." 

 Were one-half what he alleges true, I 

 should have little respect for the L. A. S. ; 

 but his attack only gives every one a 

 chance to see how much that organization 

 has done. Sportsmen are liberal, fair, 

 open-handed gentlemen. "Sports" are an 

 entirely different breed. It grates on my 

 nerves to hear a sportsman called a 

 "sport." 



A. L. Vermilya, Columbiaville, Mich. 



HERE is a cut of the L. 

 A. S. badge. It is made 

 in gold, silver or bronze, 

 land sells at $2.50, 75 cents 

 'and 25 cents, respectively. 

 In either metal it is an 

 ornament and "an honor 

 to any man. Why don't 

 you wear one and let the world know 

 you are a game protectionist? If you pay 

 your membership fee 10 years in ad- 

 vance you get a gold badge as a present. 



Please find enclosed $1 for my dues to 

 the L. A. S. for 1900. My appointment as 

 special game warden has had a great effect 

 on people in the section of the country 

 where I live. During the summer I did 

 not hear a gun or see anyone or hear of 

 anyone violating the game laws or tres- 

 passing on lands. I go up now unexpect- 

 edly twice a month, and the natives all be- 

 have well. 



Anthony Woodward, M. D., American 



Museum of Natural History, New 



York. 



The executive committee of the L. A. S. 

 has adopted a resolution authorizing the 

 secretary to make a present of a gold 

 badge to each member who will pay his 

 membership fee 10 years in advance. Now 

 if you want one of these beautiful em- 

 blems, send in your $io. 



