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\\ . II. Langdon, Bridgeport, Conn. Sportsmen's 

 goods. 



New York Condensed Milk Co., 71 Hudsor Street, 



New York City. Condensed products. 

 Oneida Community, Kenwood, N. Y. Traps. 



Metz & Schloerb, Oshkosh, Wis. Moccasins, hunting 

 shoes, etc. 



Novelty Cutlery Co., Canton, O. Pocket cutlery, ink 

 erasers, etc. 



Gun Bore Treatment Co., 7 & 9 Warren St., New 

 York City. 



Willis Arms & Cycle Co., Kansas City, Mo. Bicycles, 

 athletic and sportsmen's goods. 



Percy Selous, Greenville, Mich. Naturalist and 



taxidermist. 

 Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bros., 67 Cortlandt St., New 



York City. 

 W. L. Marble, Gladstone, Mich., Safety Pocket Axe. 

 Pneumatic Mattress & Cushion Co., Reading, Mass. 



WHAT WE DID. 



The second annual meeting of The 

 League of American Sportsmen was held 

 at the Hotel Marlborough, in this city, on 

 Wednesday, February 14th, and was an un- 

 qualified success. 



Eleven States were represented, as fol- 

 lows: 



Connecticut, R. B. Lavvton, Chief Ward- 

 en; H. C. Went, Secretary-Treasurer. 



Illinois. G. L. Lehle, Chief Warden. 



Massachusetts, H. S: Fay, Chief Warden. 



Montana, Prof. M. J. Elrod, Chief 

 Warden. 



New Jersey, A. W. Van Saun, Chief 

 Warden; I. V. Dorland, Delegate. 



New York. A. E. Pond, Chief Warden. 



Ohio, L. H. Reutinger, Chief Warden. 



Vermont. W r . E. Mack Chief Warden; 

 S. C. White, Delegate. 



Virginia, Franklin Stearns, Chief 

 Warden. 



Washington, J. S. Stangroom, Chief 

 Warden. 



Wyoming, H. E. Wadsworth, Secretary- 

 Treasurer. 



The various officers made reports of 

 their work, and of the conditions prevail- 

 ing in their States, which were exceedingly 

 interesting and instructive. Some of them 

 were highly encouraging, while others 

 were discouraging in their tone; but. on 

 the whole, they were such as to afford 

 great satisfaction to all friends of game 

 protection. There was a tone of sincerity 

 and determination prevailing in all the de- 

 liberations of the meeting that is rarely 

 found in any such gathering. 



One man had traveled clear across the 

 continent to attend this meeting, and 2 

 others more than half way across. Va- 

 rious officers had traveled a few hundred 

 miles each, and it was noticeable that all 

 were in the work body and soul, and that 



ey had determined to stay. 



Among the more important subjects 

 acted on by the annual meeting were the 

 passing of the following resolutions: 



Whereas, the prong horn antelope, one 

 of the most beautiful of American game 



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animals, is in imminent danger of speedy 

 extermination; and 



Whereas, the only remaining specimens 

 of these animals are now found in Mon- 

 tana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South 

 Dakota, Idaho, Colorado and Utah; 



Therefore, be it resolved, that the Gov- 

 ernors and the Legislatures of these States 

 are hereby respectfully requested and 

 urged to enact laws prohibiting the killing 

 or wounding of antelope at any time with- 

 in the next 10 years, and that heavy penal- 

 ties be attached for each violation of. such 

 laws. 



This resolution called out a very in- 

 teresting discussion. It was introduced 

 by Mr. Hornaday, who made some im- 

 pressive remarks on the rapid disappear- 

 ance and the threatened speedy extermina- 

 tion of the antelope, and the urgent need of 

 stringent measures to prevent its total dis- 

 appearance within a few years. He was 

 followed by ex-Governor Richards of Wy- 

 oming, who is also a vice-president of the 

 League. The Governor said he had not 

 supposed it would be practicable or pos- 

 sible to enact and to enforce a law making 

 a 10 years' close season on antelope; but 

 that on further consideration he thought 

 such a law might work great good. He 

 spoke especially of the difficulty of com- 

 pelling the Indians to obey such laws 

 and commented on their total and 

 reckless disregard of all laws, either nat- 

 ural or human; of their fondness for kill- 

 ing antelope, deer and elk in the early 

 spring, in order to get the unborn young 

 from the females and eat them. He said 

 that was also the Indians' favorite time for 

 collecting skins to make into buckskin. 

 He said he realized the difficulty of trying 

 to keep the Indians on their reservations 

 and to prevent them from hunting ante- 

 lope and other game as heretofore. 



Mr. Wadsworth, secretary-treasurer of 

 the Wyoming Division, was the next 

 speaker, and said he agreed with Governor 

 Richards as to the difficulty of enforcing 

 such a law, if made. He said he was, how- 

 ever, heartily in favor of the measure and 

 of making the experiment. 



Professor M. J. Elrod, Chief Warden of 

 the Montana Division, agreed with the 2 

 orevious speakers, but said that so far as 

 he and his associates on the Montana Fish 

 and Game Commission were concerned 

 they would gladly do everything possible 

 to secure the passage and enforcement of 

 such a law as this memorial asked for. 



The resolution was then unanimously 

 adopted, and copies of it have been sen* 

 to the Governors and the Secretaries of 

 the States named. It is not yet known 

 how the suggestion will be received in 

 those States, but inasmuch as the New 

 York Zoological Society has adopted a 

 similar resolution asking Wyoming to 



