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RECREATION 



pass such a law, it is hoped the Governors 



and lawmakers of those States will give the 

 matter prompt and careful eonsideration. 

 If the States act favorably on this prop- 

 osition, then a united effort will be made 

 to induce the Secretary of the Interior to 

 adopt more stringent measures than ever 

 before to keep the Indians on their reserv- 

 ations, and to prevent them from killing 

 antelope. If they do persist in violating 

 such a law after being passed, they will be 

 subject to the same penalties as white men. 

 Many of them have already been arrested, 

 confined and imprisoned for breaking fish 

 or game laws, and they will all learn in 

 time that the mandates of the white man. 

 with regard to the preservation of game, 

 must be obeyed. 



This resolution, offered by Chief Warden 

 Stearns," was unanimously adopted: 



Whereas, The officers of the League of 

 American Sportsmen have seen fit to have 

 the League incorporated under the laws of 

 the State of New York; and, 



Whereas, The laws of the State require 

 that in such cases the incorporators shall 

 elect a Board of Trustees, and that these 

 trustees shall elect officers for the ensuing 

 year, and that the incorporators shall adopt 

 a Constitution and By-laws; therefore. 



Resolved, That the League of American 

 Sportsmen, in annual meeting assembled, 

 does hereby approve the action of the offi- 

 cers in having the said League incorpo- 

 rated; in adopting a Constitution and By- 

 laws, and in electing a Board of Trustees. 

 It also approves the action of these trus- 

 tees in electing a board of officers, to serve 

 during 1900, and until their successors 

 shall be elected and qualified. 



The following resolution was also 

 adopted: 



Resolved, That the thanks of The 

 League of American Sportsmen be and 

 are hereby tendered the Manager of the 

 Hotel Marlborough for his kindness and 

 courtesy in allowing the use of his parlor 

 for the second annual meeting of this 

 League. 



During the progress of the meeting a 

 telegram was received from Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam, of Washington, D. C, 1st Vice- 

 President of the League, stating that his 

 father was dying, and that this would pre- 

 vent him from attending the meeting, as 

 he had intended. The following reply was 

 sent him by wire: 



"Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 



"Washington, D. C. 



"Your message received. The League 

 of American Sportsmen, in annual meet- 

 ing assembled, extends to you its heart- 

 felt sympathy. 



(Signed.) "G. O. Shields, 



"President." 



Mr. Hornaday made some interesting 



and instructive remarks on the distribution 

 and rapid disappearance of big game, il- 

 lustrating same with a series of colored 

 maps which Mr. E. S. Thompson had pre- 

 pared for the purpose. 



Secretary Rice spoke on the past, pres- 

 ent and future of the League. He gave 

 an interesting retrospect of its growth and 

 of its work, and told the members, in forci-" 

 ble and eloquent words, what they should 

 do in future to insure the most rapid pos- 

 sible growth of the League and provide 

 for the great work ahead of it. 



The meeting adjourned sine die at q 

 o'clock P. M. 



A dinner had been tendered the visiting 

 officers, which was given at the rooms oi 

 the Aldine Club on the night of the 14th, 

 and to which 54 members and guests sat 

 down. The guest of honor was the Hon. 

 John F. Lacey, member of Congress from 

 Iowa, who is also a member of this 

 League. He came here from Washington, 

 by special invitation of the League, and 

 made the strongest, most eloquent and 

 most interesting speech I ever heard on 

 the subject of game protection. I will not 

 attempt to give even a synopsis of it here, 

 because it is printed in full in this issue. 



In the course of Mr. Lacey's remarks 

 he explained the provisions of his bill, No. 

 6,634, now pending in Congress, which 

 undertakes to prohibit illegal traffic in 

 game through the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. Mr. Lacey was given a per- 

 fect ovation, and he may well feel proud 

 of his membership in this League. On 

 the other hand, the League is honored by 

 having in it a man who commands so 

 much respect and attention in both houses 

 of Congress as Mr. Lacey does. At this 

 writing there seems no doubt that his bill 

 will pass both Houses, and that it will be- 

 come a law. 



The next speaker was Vice-President 

 Richards, who gave a most interesting 

 and delightful account of the famous Race 

 Horse case, which was litigated during 

 Richards's term as Governor of Wyoming. 

 Race Horse was a Sioux Indian who 

 was arrested for having killed 7 elk during 

 the close season. He was prosecuted in 

 the local courts, and the case was taken 

 to the Supreme Court of the United 

 States, where it was finally decided in 

 favor of the State. Governor Richards's 

 speech will be printed in a later issue of 

 this magazine. 



John S. Wise, Arthur F. Rice. Walter 

 D. Edmonds, and others made brief 

 speeches, and the diners arose from the 

 table at 11 o'clock, full of good things, 

 mentally and physically. The dinner, as 

 well as the annual meeting, was an unqual- 

 ified success, and it is safe to say that few 

 members who were present on either oc- 



