FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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NEAF APGAR PUNISHED. 



The following correspondence is mighty 

 interesting reading : 



Mr. Arthur F. Rice, Sec'y L. A. S., 



New York. 

 Dear Sir: Neaf Apgar, who is, I think, 

 a resident of New Jersey, was here shoot- 

 ing pheasants last fall without a license. 

 He claimed to be a resident of Philadel- 

 phia. He represents the Peters Shell Com- 

 pany, and is a crack trap shooter. I under- 

 stand he is to be in Williamsport soon, to 

 attend a trap shoot. I wish you would 

 look him up. If he is not a resident of this 

 State, he ought to be prosecuted. 



G. H. Simmons, Westfield, Pa. 



Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, 



Sec'y State Game Commission, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 

 Dear Sir: I hand you herewith a letter 

 from Mr. G. H. Simmons, Westfield, Pa. 

 I have known, in a general way, of Ap- 

 gar's living in New Jersey for several 

 years past. There is not the least prob- 

 ability that he has changed his legal resi- 

 dence to Pennsylvania. I wish, therefore, 

 you could arrange to attend the shoot at 

 Williamsport and investigate this matter. 

 Apgar is a professional trap shooter, and is 

 paid a big salary to attend all the shoots. 

 While posing as a sportsman and a repre- 

 sentative of an ammunition factory it seems 

 he sneaks into your State, dodges the $10 

 license, and steals a lot of your birds. I 

 trust you may be able to soak him. Kind- 

 ly let me know the result of your effort. 



G. O. Shields. 



Mr. Neaf Apgar, 



Plainfield, N. J. 

 Dear Sir : I understand that you spent 

 some days hunting in Pennsylvania last 

 fall ; that you did not take out a license ; 

 and that you stated to certain persons 

 where you hunted that you lived in Phila- 

 delphia. Will you kindly tell me whether 

 this report is true? 



G. O. Shields. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Mr. G. O. Shields, 



New York. 



Dear Sir: I was hunting in Pennsylva- 

 nia last fall, and hope I did not break any 

 f;ame laws. I do not think I did. I am 

 living here yet, and shall be until the Com- 

 pany changes my territory. Also, I have a 

 piece of property, in the State. 



I should not object to paying a license if 

 I thought it necessary, as I am a believer 

 in the law. You know I could not afford 

 to break any laws and would not if I 

 knew it. 



The letter you sent to Plainfield was for- 

 warded to me here. 



Neaf Apgar, Frankford, Pa. 



Mr. G. O. Shields, 



New York. 



Dear Sir: I am obliged to you for your 



communication of the 15th, and will see 



that Neaf Apgar either owns real estate in 



this State or pays the license as required. 



Joseph Kalbfus. 



Mr. G. O. Shields, 



New York. 



Dear Sir : The Commission at once took 

 up the matter of Neaf Apgar, and followed 

 it carefully up to Friday last, when we ar- 

 rested Mr. Apgar, at Williamsport, on the 

 charge of hunting in this State without 

 having secured the license required by law. 

 Mr. Apgar confessed to having hunted in 

 this State, as claimed, for 4 days, admitted 

 that he was not a resident of the State, and 

 that he did not own land in the State. He 

 claimed he did not kill one-half of the 

 birds we had him charged with, and that 

 he did not take any out of the State. He 

 admitted that he had done wrong, and was 

 sorry for it ; and he paid me $100, the full 

 penalty for 4 days' shooting in the State 

 without having secured the license, and $50 

 to cover costs, the balance, if any, to be re- 

 turned to him. 



I feel that this man has been fully pun- 

 ished for his offense and that the effect 

 will be exceedingly beneficial to the cause 

 of game protection in this State. We thank 

 you and the L. A. S. for the help you have 

 given us. 



Joseph Kalbfus. 



A MODEST BAG. 



The day before last spring my brother 

 George and I had set as the time when we 

 would have a hunt on English lake, distant 

 from our home about 50 miles. The morn- 

 ing of the appointed day we rolled out at 

 3 o'clock, got a bite to eat, hitched the lit- 

 tle bay mare to the buggy, loaded in our 

 guns, hunting coats, boots, and 16 boxes 

 of shells each and away we went. In 15 

 minutes and 59 seconds we were driving up 

 to a friend's house on the banks of the 

 lake. 



We soon had the mare stabled and our 

 hunting togs on. Day was breaking, so we 

 hurried to a boat in order that we might 

 secure a good place before the morning 

 flight of ducks began. We had hardly 

 pushed off, when a tremendous flock of 

 small birds arose from an island about 20 

 rods in front of us. George tore loose at 

 them with his old 4-bore duck gun and I 

 could see holes appear in the flock; but 



