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1895. 



1896. 



1900. 



• $379 



$723 



$3,205 



. 256 



693 



2,151 



. 300 



1,049 



1,919 



. 342 



645 



i,57o. 



, 292 



902 



i,377 



. 307 



770 



971 



. 345 



563 



854 



. 306 



601 



1,262 



, 498 



95i 



1,464 



. 438 



969 



1,842 



. 556 



1,054 



2,060 



. 652 



1,853 



4,742 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS EOR 3 YEARS 

 AND 7 MONTHS. 



Read the 



1901. 



January ... $379 $723 $3,205 $3,9<>3 

 February .. 256 693 2,151 3,267 



March 300 1,049 x ,9i9 3 7 10 



April 342 645 1,570. 2,760 



May 292 902 i,377 2,303 



June 307 770 971 2 »° l6 



July 345 563 854 2,005 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



$4,671 10,773 23,741 



July of this year shows, a gain of $1,150 

 over July, 1900. Not so bad for one of the 

 dullest months in the summer, is it? 



What does it mean? 



It means that the great reform work 

 instituted by this magazine 7 years ago, on 

 behalf of the birds and wild animals, is 

 bearing fruit. It means that the persistent 

 and vigilant warfare which this magazine 

 has waged against game hogs and fish 

 hogs has met the approval of good people, 

 and they are showing their appreciation 

 by subscribing for Recreation. 



Hundreds of good people, as well as 

 hundreds of the other kind, have told me I 

 was too fierce; that I could catch more 

 flies with molasses than vinegar. That 

 may be true, but I am not hunting flies. 

 I am hunting game hogs and fish hogs, 

 and their skins are an inch thick on the 

 level. It takes a sharp pointed spear, 

 driven by a strong arm, to reach the inner 

 sensitiveness of these pachyderms. My 

 spear is in the fire, red hot, and I shall 

 keep it there for years to come, except 

 when I have occasion to take it out and 

 drive it into the vitals of some new or- old 

 offender. Lest you forget, I say it again: 

 These 2-legged brutes may expect no 

 mercy at the hands of Recreation as long 

 as I have anything to do with it. 



GREATEST SEIZURE EVER MADE. 

 As nearly all friends of game protection 

 know, Mr. John E. Overton, State game 

 and fish warden, made the most important 

 seizure of game in this city, in June last, 

 that has even been made in this country. 

 He secured from Justice Brann a search 

 warrant authorizing him to examine the 

 contents of certain boxes and barrels 

 stored in the Arctic Freezing Company's 

 building at 120 West street, New York. 



He went to work under that writ, and 

 within a few hours had unearthed several 

 thousand game and song birds which had 

 been killed and placed in cold storage in 

 open violation of the State liaw. Then the 

 Storage Company's attorney went to Jus- 

 tice Brann, protested against the seizure 

 and the justice recalled the writ. Mr. 

 Overton did not, however, abandon the 

 work. He went to Judge Warren W. Fos- 

 ter, of the Court of General Sessions, who 

 issued another writ, under which Mr. Over- 

 ton continued" his work. He kept on break- 

 ing open boxes and barrels, one after an- 

 other, and at the expiration of about 3 days, 

 had seized 48,367 pieces of game, many 

 grouse, quails and ducks. The seizure also 

 included large numbers of shore birds and 

 12 carcasses of Vension. 



The Storage Company claims it was not 

 responsible for the illegal possession of 

 these birds because it was merely acting as 

 the agent of certain game dealers who had 

 placed them in storage. A number of the 

 dealers who owned portions of the game, 

 held a meeting, at which Chief Protector J. 

 W. Pond, of Albany, wias present, and 

 agreed to deposit $10,000 which they were 

 to pay the State as a fine if convicted, and 

 if the finding of the lower court which 

 might assess a fine of that amount should 

 be sustained by the Supreme Court of the 

 State. 



Governor Odell subsequently objected to 

 and overruled that arrangement, claiming 

 that the Storage Company itself was re- 

 sponsible as well as the dealers, and in- 

 structing District Attorney Philbin to pro- 

 ceed against the Company as well as 

 against against the dealers. These cases 

 will come up in the early fall term of the 

 higher courts, and it is earnestly hoped the 

 Arctic Freezing Company may be punished 

 as it deserves. The law on the subject is 

 perfectly plain. It says that certain birds 

 shall not be killed or had in possession ex- 

 cept during certain months in the fall of 

 the year. The Arctic Freezing Company 

 had this game in possession just as clearly 

 and absolutely as any man ever had any- 

 thing in possession, and the Company 

 should not be allowed to escape on any 

 such flimsy pretext as that which it has 

 put up. The Company has tried to excite 

 public sympathy by stating that it would be 

 bankrupt if the full penalty of the law 

 should be visited on it. So much the bet- 

 ter. I should be glad if the courts should 

 assess against this Company every dollar 

 of fines provided by the State law; and if 

 I he members of this Company should be 

 reduced to the necessity of earning their 



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