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tion of our birds, fishes, the larger wild game 

 and the forests. This wave of popular feel- 

 ing is spreading over the entire country, pen- 

 etrating its remotest sections, arousing the 

 people to an appreciative sense of dangers 

 which clearly menace the inhabitants of our 

 woods and waters. And I believe that* in 

 future the labors of Recreation and of the 

 L. A. S. in furtherance of this important 

 work will be looked back upon with the re- 

 spect and admiration they so thoroughly 

 merit. 



It is to be regretted that a greater number 

 of people cannot be brought more speedily 

 to realize the necessity of immediate action 

 in the direction of legislation and of the en- 

 forcement of laws, but we must be content 

 with the increase of a favorable sentiment 

 and trust the resultant reforms may not ar- 

 rive too late. 



In its power to accomplish the ends in 

 view I believe the L. A. S. stands alone; 

 that under its form of organization lie the 

 only effective means of remedying the ex- 

 isting evils, and I appeal most earnestly to 

 my friends, to all sportsmen, to lovers of 

 Nature the country over to enroll themselves 

 in this body of reformers, and to do it now! 

 The power of such a league lies in its active 

 membership, and as the core of the plan 

 under which the L. A. S. was conceived is 

 a federation of state organizations, the im- 

 mense influence of a large membership is 

 easily understood. 



Each section of this country has its in~ 

 dividual problems in game protection and 

 there are those in which the country as a 

 whole is interested. Now if you are a mem- 

 ber of a local organization you are no doubt 

 doing a large share of your duty toward the 

 community in which you live; but no local 

 association unaffiliated with others can do 

 much in the most important work of all — 

 legislation. With state divisions of large 

 membership intelligently officered by active 

 men, work on state laws becomes the spe- 

 cial province of the League. 



So if you are a true citizen of the Repub- 

 lic, do your full duty; dig up your little dol- 

 lar, join the L. A. S., benefit your particular 

 locality and contribute also to the national 

 movement. 



WELL KNOWN MEN COMING. 



Among the prominent men who have re- 

 cently joined the L. A. S. are Stanley Water- 

 loo, late editor of the Chicago " Evening 

 Mail," Ex-President of the Chicago Press 

 Club, and author of " Ab, a Tale of the Cave- 

 man," " A Man and a Woman," " An Odd 

 Situation," etc. 



Romeyn B. Hough, author of " American 

 Woods;" Professor Henry Fairfield Os- 

 born, Professor of Zoology in Columbia 

 University (Curator of a Department in 

 the A. M. N. H.) ; Madison Grant, Sec. N. 

 Y. Z. S. ; Henry G. Dorr, owner of Child- 

 wold Park, Adirondacks; Dr. Robert L. 



Walker, of Carnegie, Pa.; Manly Hardy, 

 naturalist, Brewer, Me.; James M. South- 

 wick, Curator of the Museum, Providence, 

 R. I.; W. H. Brown, African explorer and 

 hunter of bad beasts and bad men; Professor 

 F. A. Lucas, Curator Comp. Anatomy 

 United States National Museum; Ottoman 

 Reinecke, editor Buffalo Freie Presse; Dr. 

 F. A. Crandal, Jr., Curator Zoological Gar- 

 den, Buffalo; Frank A. Ward, Ward's Nat- 

 ural Science Establishment, Rochester, N. Y. 



AN IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. 



At the suggestion of Mr. W. T. Horna- 

 day I recently wrote the New York Zoolog- 

 ical Society requesting a contribution to the 

 League's war fund, to be used in prosecuting 

 game 'aw violators. In due time I received 

 the foliiy ~mg letter: 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



General Office, 69 Wall Street. 



President, Hon. Levi P. Morton. 



executive committee: 



Levi P. Morton, ex-officio, 

 Henry F. Osborn, chairman, 

 John L. Cadwalader, 

 Charles E. Whitehead, 



John S. Barnes, 

 Philip Schuyler, 

 Madison Grant, 

 W. W. Niles, jr. 



GENERAL OFFICERS : 



Secretary, Madison Grant, n Wall Street. 

 Treasurer, L. V. F. Randolph, 39 William Street. 

 Director, William T. Hornaday, 69 Wall Street. 



New York, December 16, 1898. 

 Mr. G. O. Shields, 



President League of American Sports- 

 men. 

 Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor 

 of December 14th, and being in entire 

 sympathy with the sentiments therein, I pre- 

 sented the matter to the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the New York Zoological Society, and 

 take pleasure in transmitting to you a copy 

 of a resolution passed at this meeting. 



I trust you may be successful in obtaining 

 the same amount from other Societies, for 

 this purpose. 



Y'ours very truly, 



Madison Grant, 

 Secretary. 



Attached to the letter was the following: 



Resolved, That the sum of $100 be and is 

 hereby appropriated from the General Fund 

 of this Society, and paid into the Treasury 

 of the League of American Sportsmen, to 

 be expended under the direction of the 

 League Warden for the State of New York, 

 Mr. A. E. Pond, in the actual work of en- 

 forcing existing laws for the protection of 

 the birds and quadrupeds of this State. 



Passed by Executive Committee, Decem- 

 ber 15, 1898. Madison "Grant, Secretary. 



ENDORSES THE L.A.S. 



The Annual Congress of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union was held in Washing- 

 ton, November 14th and 15th. Mr. Witmer 

 Stone, chairman of the permanent committee 



