THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN* 



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spired and backed by the Game Dealers' 



.Looociaiion, and by the coid storage houses 

 in this city. 



We must kill it. To do this, we must 

 act promptly, vigorously and in unison. 

 We must show the lawmaking power .at 

 Albany that we are greater than the com- 

 bined interests of this city, who are work- 

 ing to exterminate the game of the whole 

 country. 



Let every League member, every sports- 

 man, every nature lover in the State write 

 his Assemblyman and Senator at once, 

 stating in emphatic terms the injustice of 

 this measure and demanding its defeat. 

 Let there be no uncertain sound in your 

 words. Give your lawmakers to under- 

 stand that the friends of game protection 

 will hold them responsible for their ac- 

 tion on this bill, and that all decent sports- 

 men of the State require and expect the 

 members of the Legislature, who are not 

 controlled by the game dealers and the 

 cold storage men of New York City, to kill 

 this bill. 



I trust there may be such a showing 

 of righteous indignation against this 

 measure as has not been experienced by 

 the members of the New York Legislature 

 in 10 years past. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 



I have read with the deepest regret the 

 announcement of the death of Mr. Pond. 

 He impressed me, when I met him at 

 the last annual meeting of the League, 

 as a man of exceptional character; evi- 

 dently possessed of a cheerful optimism, 

 backed up with resources of indom- 

 itable will and ability to overcome ob- 

 stacles. I feel certain you have lost a 

 most valuable ally and that game protec- 

 tion and the L. A. S. in Xew York will 

 miss his services in many ways. It will 

 be most difficult to find a worthy suc- 

 cessor to so marvelous a man, but the 

 example of his devotion will be a stimulus 

 to all connected with the work and a 

 monument of no mean magnitude long 

 after his most untimely end. I doubt 

 if any one man's work, other than your 

 own, has contributed so largely to give the 

 League of American Sportsmen a well 

 merited prestige all over the country. 



Ernest Russell, Worcester, Mass. 



At the annual meeting of the League 

 the sportsmen of Indianapolis gave the 

 visiting members a banquet at the Hotel 

 English, on the evening of Feb. 12th. The 

 tables were surrounded by a jolly crowd of 

 men, and the visitors were given a cordial 

 welcome. After dinner some interesting 

 speeches were made and good stories told, 

 both by resident members and visitors. 

 This gathering adjourned at a late hour, 

 and the members went home with renewed 



energy and enthusiasm, bent on doing 

 everything in their power to promote the 

 interests of the League and to protect 

 the game. ^ 



^ The Hon. G. M. Bowers, U.^S. Fish 

 Commissioner at Washington, has joined 

 the League. In so doing he has shown 

 his great interest in the cause for which 

 this League is working, and has set a good 

 example for other State and United States 

 officers who are appointed to their respec- 

 tive positions for the purpose of doing 

 everything possible to protect game and 

 fish. 



Recreation comes among sportsmen 

 not only as a medium of news, but as an 

 educator as well. I recognize the fact 

 that as the country becomes more thickly 

 settled, we must take active measures to 

 prevent the slaughter of game which a few 

 years ago seemed so plentiful; and no one 

 who is fully alive to the situation will feel 

 like ignoring the advice given in that up- 

 to-date magazine, Recreation. A num- 

 ber of sportsmen in almost any community 

 can easily club together and put out a few 

 dozen quails along small streams, where 

 farmers will co-operate with them in 

 trying to preserve the birds from severe 

 storms and the merciless pot hunters. I 

 should be glad to see every farmer in the 

 country a subscriber to Recreation, as I 

 know it would serve to remove some of 

 their prejudices against those who are 

 earnestly trying to make sport better in 

 every way; not only by protecting game 

 during the close season from shooters, but 

 from their natural enemies, such as wea- 

 sels, coyotes, magpies, etc. 



A. L. Aikins, North Yakima, Wash. 



Manager — Yes, there are a few vacancies 

 in my company. Have you been on the 

 stage long? 



Lady — About 10 years. 



"Ah! then you have had a good deal of 

 experience?" 



"N-no, I can't say I have." 



"But you acted?" 



"No, there was never anything for me to 

 do/' 



"Ah, I see. You have been in the com- 

 pany of a great actress who wrote the plays 

 herself."— New York Weekly. 



She: So your brother is to be married? 

 I suppose he is full of joyful anticipations? 



He : Oh, not at all — he has been mar- 

 ried before, you know. — Puck. 



I am sorry to say I was a game hog be- 

 fore I began to read Recreation. Since 

 then I have changed, thanks to your mag- 

 azine. S. Ball, El Paso, Tex. 



