EDITOR'S CORNER. 



RECREATION desires to oe cf the greatest possi- 

 ble service to its readers in every way. You are 

 therefore invited to ask this offi.ee/or any infor- 

 mation you may want, on any subject whatever. 

 Jf I cannot answer directly, I will endeavor to 

 get the information, and reply at the earliest 

 Possible moment. 



More especially if you are planning a hunting 

 or fishing trip anywhere in the United States, 

 Canada, or Mexico, At me know and J will tell 

 you all that can be learned about the fish or 

 game to be found in any such region, and as to 

 the best means of reaching your objective point. In 

 nearly every case, I can put you in correspond- 

 ence with subscribers who live in the district in 

 quest, on. 



If you do not see what you want, ask for it. 



A GAME DEALER IN TROUBLE. 



August Silz, a game dealer at 85 Barclay 

 street, was arrested a few days ago, on 

 the complaint of an officer of the League 

 of American Sportsmen, for selling game 

 in close season. Silz was arraigned before 

 Justice Crane, and on examination was 

 held for trial in the Criminal Court. Dis- 

 trict-Attorney Gardiner has taken charge 

 of the case. He will be assisted by J. H. 

 Seymour, the League attorney, and we 

 have employed, as special counsel, the 

 Hon. John S. Wise. The case will be 

 called for hearing in General Sessions at 

 an early date, and will be stubbornly 

 fought. 



Silz claims he has not violated the law, 

 inasmuch as the deer and quails which he 

 had in possession were imported from Eu- 

 rope. The League attorneys, however, in- 

 sist that this is a violation of the law, inas- 

 much as the statute simply provides that 

 deer and quails shall not be sold or had 

 in possession except during the open sea- 

 son for killing same in this State, and 

 makes no exception as to whether killed 

 in or out of the State. It is understood 

 that Silz is backed by the Game Dealers' 

 Association, and that the case will be car- 

 ried to the Appellate Court, no matter 

 which way it may go in the Criminal 

 Court. 



All game dealers and hotels in this city 

 were cautioned a year ago against selling 

 even imported game, and, so far as known, 

 they all discontinued the trade at that 

 time. Silz, however, more venturesome 

 than the others, began the importation of 

 game this year. 



Three officers of the League visited his 

 place of business and found displayed 

 there 10 carcasses of deer and 29 quails. If 



the case goes against him in the Criminal 

 Court he will then be liable to the State 

 on a civil action, and the penalty in that 

 case will be $100 on each carcass of veni- 

 son. The League has determined to make 

 a test case of this, and if it succeeds in the 

 present criminal prosecution will imme- 

 diately begin a civil action against Silz. 



DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOVERNORS. 



Governor Roosevelt, in his annual mes- 

 sage to the New York Legislature, has 

 given that body some pointed suggestions 

 as to the need of prompt measures for pre- 

 serving the game, the game fishes, and the 

 forests of this State. The Governor says: 



Under this commission great progress has heen made 

 through the fish hatcheries in the propagation of valuable 

 food and game fishes. The laws for the protection of deer 

 have resulted in their increase. Nevertheless, as rail- 

 roads tend to encroach on the wilderness, the temptation 

 to illegal hunting becomes greater, and the danger of 

 forest fires increases. There is need of great improve- 

 ment, both in our laws and their administration. The 

 game wardens have been too few in number. More 

 should be provided. None save fit men must be appointed, 

 and their retention in office must depend purely on the 

 zeal, ability and efficiency with which they perform their 

 duties. 



The game wardens in the forests must be woodsmen, 

 and they should have no outside business. In short, 

 there should be a thorough reorganization of the work of 

 the commission. A careful study of the resources and 

 condition of the forests on State land must be made. It is 

 certainly not too much to expect that the State forests 

 should be managed as efficiently as the forests on private 

 lands in the same neighborhoods, and the measure of dif- 

 ference in efficiency of management must be the measure 

 of condemnation or praise of the way the public forests 

 have been managed. 



The subject of forest preservation is of the utmost im- 

 portance to the State. The Adirondacks and Catskills 

 should be great parks, kept in perpetuity for the benefit 

 and enjoyment of our people. 



I wish all the States had governors like 

 ours. What a marked contrast between 

 this man and the present Governor of New 

 Jersey, who says he will pardon any man 

 convicted of a violation of a fish or game 

 law, during his incumbency, and that all 

 fish and game laws should be wiped off the 

 statute books! It would be a great thing 

 for New Jersey if Voorhees could be sent 

 to Albany, required to put on the gloves 

 with Theodore and get a little common 

 sense thumped into him. 



" Aside from the restrictions imposed by the 

 laws, the amount of game which a man may kill 

 with propriety is largely a matter of personal 

 opinion ."— A. D. G. H. 



And Reynolds' opinion is, judging from 

 his editorial utterances, that a man may 

 kill all he can and that it is very naughty 

 to call a man a game hog who does this. 



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