THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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easion would be willing to miss the next 

 one. 



And in this connection, let me state that 

 the third annual meeting of this League 

 will be held on the second Wednesday of 

 February, 1901. Please don't forget it. 

 Please don't write me a year hence that 

 you cannot attend the meeting or the din- 

 ner because of a "previous engagement." 



L. A. S. WINS IN O. T. 



Whit. M. Grant, a well known attorney 

 of Oklahoma City, O. T., and a member 

 of the L. A. S., together with Mr. C. T. 

 Gorton, a local warden, recently seized 

 about 5,000 quails at the railway station in 

 that city, which were consigned to Armour 

 & Co., at Kansas City. 



The shipper was arrested and fined $50 

 and costs, and the game confiscated. A 

 few days later Mr. Grant seized a second 

 lot of 1,000 quails, also addressed to Ar- 

 mour & Co., and which were in the hands 

 of Wells, Fargo & Co. The name of the 

 shipper did not appear in this case, so Mr. 

 ('■rant prosecuted the express agent who 

 had charge of the birds, and he was fined 

 $50 and costs. These latter birds were also 

 confiscated. The evidence showed that 

 they were delivered to the express com- 

 pany by Redfern & Co., of Oklahoma, and 

 this firm will be proceeded against vigor- 

 ously. The birds were all billed out as 

 eggs. Mr. Grant, in reporting the case, 

 says: 



"These shippers have nearly ruined our 

 quail shooting, by getting the birds out of 

 the country, and until these cases came up 

 you could not buy a quail in our local mar- 

 ket. Armour & Co. were offering so much 

 better prices for the birds that local dealers 

 would not retail them. It is a disgrace 

 that such firms as Armour & Co. and Red- 

 fern will do such business, or will allow 

 their employees to do it. I intend to do 

 all I can to enforce the law here." 



In a later report Mr. Grant says: 



"Redfern & Co. discharged their man- 

 ager here, and he lost over $400 he had in- 

 vested in game illegally. 



This is the kind of stuff many of our 

 L. A. S. members are made of. This one 

 act on the part of a League member 

 should result in our obtaining 500 applica- 

 tions for membership, from Oklahoma and 

 other Southwestern States, within the next 

 30 days. Let us see how many we shall 

 get on account of it. 



The Massachusetts division of the L. A. 

 S. has drafted and presented to the Legis- 

 lature of that State a bill, limiting the 

 open season for woodcock, ruffed grouse 

 and quail to the months of October and 

 November, and prohibiting the sale of 



woodcock or ruffed grouse at all times. 

 This measure is known as House Bill No. 

 549, and every member of the League and 

 every sportsman in the State of Massa- 

 chusetts should at once write his repre- 

 sentatives and senators urging favorable 

 action thereon. 



W. S. Mygrant, director of the 13th 

 Regiment Band, Brooklyn; F. H. Drake, 

 266 Monroe avenue, Rochester, and 

 Charles H. Seaman, Fishkill, N. Y., have 

 each paid their membership fees 10 years 

 in advance, and are now wearing gold 

 badges which were given them in accord- 

 ance with instructions from the executive 

 committee. There are 1,000 members in 

 this League who could well afford to do as 

 these men have done. I should be mighty 

 glad to hear from the other 997 within the 

 next 30 days. 



The League has had another supply of 

 its muslin posters printed, and friends of 

 game protection everywhere are requested 

 to order these in such numbers as they 

 may be able and willing to post in con- 

 spicuous places. This poster announces 

 that the L. A. S. desires to prosecute all 

 violators of the game and fish laws, and 

 offers a reward of $10 for each conviction 

 secured for such violation. How many 

 posters can you use? 



A lot of shooters in Palmer, Mass., re- 

 cently held a side hunt for sparrows. The 

 rules adopted prohibited the killing of 

 any other bird or animal, and the losing- 

 side paid for a dinner for the entire party. 

 Here is an example that it would be well 

 for all sportsmen to follow. The sparrow 

 is driving the other birds out of the towns. 

 and is doing little or no good to balance 

 the account. He should be exterminated. 

 and I should be glad to record a hundred 

 sparrow hunts in Recreation within the 

 next year. 



G. S. Hudson & Son, Ellisburg, N. Y., 

 have made up several new styles of their 

 gun cabinets which will interest all lovers 

 of the gun or the rifle. These new cabinets 

 list at $15, $20 and $35, respectively, and 

 are large, roomy and attractive in propor- 

 tion to price. You can get circulars show- 

 ing fine half tone illustrations of the cab- 

 inets by writing to G. S. Hudson & Son. 

 Ellisburg, New York, and mentioning 

 Recreation. 



I never knew what true sport was until 

 I commenced reading Recreation. 



Chas. Best, Medena, Wis. 



