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RECREATION. 



department. To be sure, Recreation has 

 no " Woman's Page," but it seems to me 

 the feather question ought to be discussed. 

 Thousands of our song birds are being sac- 

 rificed every year, in order that women 

 may walk around with sample aviaries on 

 their heads! This is not right. If the gentle 

 sex must let their barbarian instincts run 

 away with them, why can't they be satisfied 

 with ribbons, flowers, laces, etc., instead of 

 wearing feathers that cost lives? 



Cannot the L. A. S. stop narrow-minded 

 women from destroying bird life, indirect- 

 ly, to be sure, but as surely as the game 

 hog? I know it is asking a good deal, but 

 something ought to be done in this line. 



Between bristles and hats we won't have 

 either song or game birds after a few years. 

 Loomis Chipman, Burlington, Vt. 



plaint unless Harris paid $50, which he 

 eventually did, and the case was settled out 

 of court. 



A. E. Pond, Chief Warden, State N. Y. 



Harvey Dwight, the L. A. S. Warden at 

 Friendship, N. Y., has just caused to be 

 arrested one Harris Wells, a resident of that 

 town, for shooting robins. It appears Wells 

 is a wealthy man and openly boasted of 

 having killed the birds. As is usual in such 

 cases it was difficult to get witnesses to go 

 on the stand and testify, but Warden Dwight 

 proved equal to the occasion, and the man, 

 after being arrested by State Game Pro- 

 tector Donloy, offered to settle the matter 

 by paying $25. This was not satisfactory 

 to Mr. Dwight, who insisted it was not 

 enough and refused to withdraw his com- 



The following Local Wardens have re- 

 cently been appointed, and from the August 

 reports received from them game is being 

 better protected (and law breakers more 

 wary) in their respective districts than ever 

 before: 



Orange Co., Wilson Crans, Middletown, 

 N. Y., J. H. Kidd, Newburgh, N. Y.; 

 Schenectady Co., J. W. Furnside, Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y.; Allegany Co., J. D. Holden, 

 Belmont, N. Y.; Broome Co., M. A. Baker, 

 Whitneys Point, N. Y. ; Washington Co., 

 C. L. Allen, Sandy Hill, N. Y.; Oneida Co., 

 E. J. Breeze, Forestport, N. Y. Quite a 

 number of the wardens report an increase 

 in both quail and partridge. 

 Yours truly, 



A. E. Pond, Chief Warden, State N. Y. 



I wish to make one point against your 

 picture on page 36, August number of Rec- 

 reation. The L. A. S. should handle the 

 game hog without gloves. 



That is right. The L. A. S. intends to 

 handle the game hogs without gloves, when 

 it comes to real business ; but it's well 

 enough for the representative of the league 

 to handle them with gloves in pictures. 

 Furthermore those are hard gloves. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



A NOVEL RECOGNITION. 



Dr. C. E. Vance, Al Rothinghouse, and 

 George Crow, of Gas City, Indiana, have 

 sent me a specimen of pork which I thor- 

 oughly appreciate. It is a sample of the 

 handiwork of some one in the Gas City pot- 

 tery works, and represents a fat Berkshire 

 pig resting comfortably on a circular base. 

 Beside the pig is a model of a human skull, 

 which is made to serve the purpose of an 

 inkstand. 



The plate is inscribed " The Game Hog," 

 and the emblem is construed to mean: 

 Death to the two-legged species. The fol- 

 lowing letter accompanied the present: 



Gas City, Indiana, August 29,1898. 

 Editor Recreation: We, the under- 

 signed, being regular readers of Recrea- 

 tion and appreciating your efforts to bring 

 to justice all Game Hogs, take the liberty of 

 sending you a specimen of the species, hop- 

 ing you may find a place for it on your desk 

 and that each time you dip your pen in the 

 remains you may be impelled to " give it to 

 them again." 



On the 1st of October we established a 

 " Camp Recreation " in Northern Minne- 

 sota and unfurled your flag above our larg- 

 est tent. 



Your faithful friends, 



C. E. Vance, M.D., 

 Al. Rothinghouse, 

 George Crow. 



I thoroughly appreciate this recognition 

 of the justice of my warfare against the game 

 and fish hogs. It is indeed gratifying to 

 know that all the decent sportsmen in the 

 United States approve of my course, and 

 that they are laboring energetically to in- 

 crease the circulation and hence the useful- 

 ness of this magazine. 



The gift of Dr. Vance and his friends will 

 occupy a place on my desk and when I have 

 occasion to roast a game or fish hog I shall 

 dip my quill in the skull, for ink and inspira- 

 tion. ■ 



The next Sportsmen's Show will be held 

 at Madison Square Garden, March 2-1 1, 

 1899, inclusive. 



