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RECREATION. 



re-elected in 1902 by a majority of 12,000. 

 The difference is largely due to the fact that 

 he vetoed the bill, which passed the %Legis- 

 lature in 1899, prohibiting the sale of 

 ruffed grouse and woodcock; that he 

 recommended the passage of a bill allowing 

 the keeping of game in this State all 

 through the year; and that he refused the 

 League of American Sportsmen a hearing 

 on that bill when it went before him for 

 signature. 



During last fall's political campaign Gov- 

 ernor Odell learned that the League of 

 American Sportsmen is a power in the 

 land, so he has approved our bill prohibit- 

 ing the sale of ruffed grouse and wood- 

 cock, which was again put through the 

 Legislature. Not only this, but he sent a 

 special message to the Assembly asking that 

 body to pass Senator Brown's anti-spring 

 duck shooting bill, which had previously 

 passed the Senate. The Assembly passed 

 this measure and the Governor promptly 

 approved it. New York is now in line with 

 a dozen other States of the Union which 

 prohibit spring shooting of wild fowl. 



The Governor can completely square him- 

 self with the sportsmen of this State by 

 asking the next Legislature to repeal his 

 nefarious cold storage bill ; and not until 

 that measure is wiped off the statute books 

 will New York sportsmen in general sup- 

 port him for any public office. 



A certain magazine printed in this city 

 and devoted to outdoor sports, amateur 

 photography, etc., in fact, a would be imi- 

 tator of Recreation, prints in its April 

 issue a photograph which is labeled "Cow 

 Moose, Millnocket Lake, Me." It shows 

 dimly a bit of water and some driftwood in 

 the foreground, and a wooded background. 

 Just in front of the trees stand a poor, old, 

 'weary looking, domestic cow with horns, 

 looking as if she were sorry she had ever 

 been born. Her bony frame bespeaks a 

 long absence from good pasture, and one is 

 prompted on looking at the picture to wish 

 he could offer her a bale of hay as a birth- 

 day present. 



The text states that the picture was made 

 by J. H. Fisher, Jr., of Baltimore, and 

 that it was awarded 3d prize in a photo 

 competition. 



I know Mr. Fisher to be an honest, 

 truthful man, and am sure he never at- 

 tempted to palm off that picture on the 

 editor of the aforesaid imitator as that of a 

 cow moose. The alleged editor must have 

 imagined that the cow moose ranging Mill- 

 nocket lake have horns, high hip bones, 

 sharp shoulder blades and ribs showing 

 through ; hence that the animal shown in 

 this picture must be a cow moose. It would 

 he well for this editor to take a walk 

 through some good museum before he at- 

 tempts to further instruct his readers about 

 wild animals. 



The Hon. H. S. Moran, member of the 

 Texas Legislature from Parker county, is 

 entitled to a great deal -of the credit for 



the enactment of the excellent game law 

 which is now on the statute books of that 

 State. He worked like a Trojan all 

 through the session to secure the passage of 

 this bill and was ably assisted by the Hon. 

 Thomas Connally, of Marlin ; Judge Eng- 

 lish, of Cameron ; Wm. Pierson, of Green- 

 ville; J. R. Sanford, of Eagle Pass; L. S. 

 Schluter, of Jefferson; H. B. Terrell, of 

 West; and Seth P. Mills, of Waco. The 

 sportsmen of the entire country are under 

 deep obligations to these gentlemen for 

 their untiring zeal in forcing this measure, 

 and I am sure their efforts will be thor- 

 oughly appreciated by all friends of game 

 protection. 



Will Stewart E. White, who wrote me 

 under date of March 23, regarding the 

 slaughter of quails in Southern California, 

 please send me his present address? 



PRAYER OF THE PREDACEOUS. 



Now this is the prayer of the Bull and Bear 

 At the shrine of the God of Gold, 



Where the shadows cast by a Christian 

 spire 



And the Westering sun's effulgent fire 

 Down a narrow street unrolled : 



"O Lord of the Merger and Trust and Pool, 

 Of Gammon and Greed and Sham! 

 'Man can not live by bread alone,' 

 So, give us our daily lamb. 



"We need his fleece to keep us warm, 

 His fat when the nights are cool ; 



And, after all, he's an only child 

 And twin brother to a fool. 



"We won't do a thing to the fresh young 

 sheep 

 But teach him to gambol and play; 

 We'll feed him on only the best of 'shorts' 

 And beautiful 'long' baled hay. 



"He shall not suffer the pangs of thirst; 

 This woolly stray from the flock; 

 For innocence we love and prize, 

 And always water our stock. 



"The lion lies down with the lamb (inside), 

 So why not the Bull and Bear? 

 We'll show him 'cover,' we'll take him in, 

 We've plenty of room to spare. 



"His mint sauce let him bring with him; 



'The long green' that's nice with game; 

 And he shall join our Browning club 



Audi learn what is in a name. 



"Then, 'let us return to our mutton' : 

 With current funds (which is jam) 

 He shall have a plunge in our deepest pool, 

 And come out a steel spring lamb. 



"O slightly Alloyed Auriferous God, 

 Hear thy humble beasts who prey ! 



The Knights of the Golden Fleece are we, 

 And we worship thee night and day." 

 — W. E. P. French, in Life. 



