EDITOR'S CORNER. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS FOR 3 YEARS 

 AND 11 MONTHS. 



Read the deadly parallel columns: 



1895. 1896. 1900. 1901. 



January ... $379 $723 $3,205 $3,903 



February.. 256 693 2,151 3.267 



March .... 300 1,049 I»9I9 37" 



April 342 645 1,570 2,760 



May 292 902 i,377 2,303 



June 307 770 971 2,016 



July 345 563 854 2,000 



August .... 306 601 1,262 2,245 



September . 498 95i 1,464 I >940 



October ... 438 909 1,842 2,227 



November . 556 i,o54 2,060 2,570 



December . 652 1,853 4,742 



$4,671 io,773 23,741 



November shows a gain of $510 over same 

 month last year. More hot stuff for the 

 man who is trying so hard to kill Recrea- 

 tion. 



S.WE THE GREY SQUIRRELS. 



The grey squirrel is threatened with ex- 

 termination, and will soon disappear unless 

 vigorous measures are adopted to save him. 

 Shall this be done? Or shall we allow 

 this bright little denizen of the woods to 

 follow the buffalo and the wild pigeon ?_ 



The grey squirrel is one of the most in- 

 teresting and beautiful of our smaller mam- 

 mals. His grace and skill as a climber; 

 his frequent and daring leaps through 

 space, from tree to tree; his saucy, merry 

 chatter; his industry and forethought in 

 providing food for winter are such as to 

 command the admiration and respect of 

 every man, woman and child who studies 

 him. He is easily tamed and in many city 

 parks are dozens of grey squirrels that 

 habitually eat from the hands of visitors. 

 Who could have the heart to kill one of 

 these beautiful and confiding animals after 

 having seen it eat from the hand of a child 

 in Central Park? I would as soon think 

 of killing the child as the squirrel ; and one 

 would be just as much like sport as the 

 other. 



The squirrel does not like solitude. He 

 shuns the deep forest and follows civiliza- 

 tion. He haunts the small patches of 

 woods among the farms. Thus he is easy 

 game for those who see fit to hunt him. 

 The forests are every year being denuded. 

 The patches among the farms are becom- 

 ing smaller and smaller everv year. Thus 

 is our sprightly little neighbor becoming 

 an easier mark from year to year. Every 

 farmer, every farmer's boy, every city 



sportsman, is after him ; and he is doomed 

 to total annihilation if the pursuit goes on. 



Should we not be ashamed of ourselves? 

 Would it not be another crime on our 

 hands to wipe out this lovable and con- 

 fiding little creature? Have we not, as 

 sportsmen, enough to answer for already? 



Then let us call a halt. Let us spare 

 the grey squirrel. Aye, let us save him. 

 Let us henceforth declare him not a game 

 animal, but the special friend, the forest 

 comrade, the protege of American sports- 

 men. Let us all refuse to shoot him or al- 

 low him to be shot, where we can possibly 

 prevent it. Let us secure the enactment 

 of State laws prohibiting the killing of 

 grey squirrels at any time. 



What say you, my brother sportsmen? 

 Let me hear from you. 



ANOTHER CORMIER GAMF. 

 N. E. Cormier, Chief Game Inspector of 

 the Province of Quebec, who made himself 

 notorious 2 years ago by some questionable 

 transactions with Dr. W. A. Wakeley and 

 some friends from this city, is in trouble 

 again. This time he made a grand stand 

 play and got himself talked about in the 

 newspapers by threatening- to punish 

 Judge Gaynor, of Brooklyn, for hunting 

 in Quebec without a license. While sit- 

 ting around waiting for Judge Gaynor and 

 party, Mr. Cormier encountered Mr. S. 

 Scudder, of New York, a friend of the 

 Judge. Mr. Scudder expressed a desire 

 to settle the charge against his friend, and 

 it is said Mr. Cormier exacted a license fee 

 of $25 ; another $25 for so-called fees "cor- 

 rectionelle," and another $25 for Mr. Cor- 

 mier's unspecified expenses. It is reported 

 that Mr. Cormier also required Mr. Scud- 

 der to pay $150 for license fees for 3 

 servants whom Judge Gaynor and party 

 had taken with them into the woods. When 

 the Judge returned to civilization and 

 learned what had been done, he produced a 

 license which he had taken out at Ot- 

 tawa, on his way into the woods, and for 

 which he had paid $25. The Judge has 

 filed a written complaint against Mr. Cor- 

 mier, with Premier Parent, at Ottawa, and 

 if this transaction does not result in Mr. 

 Cormier's summary dismissal, from the 

 Government service, many sportsmen who 

 have been up against Mr. Cormier's queer 

 games would like to know why. 



Six city sportsmen were shooting emails 

 on a farm near New Castle, Pa. Thev 

 were armed with high priced guns and 

 were guided in their search for birds by 



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