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seems to have been railroaded through 

 court, by several Italian societies in New 

 York and New Jersey, who raised large 

 sums of money to be used in behalf of the 

 prosecution. Sportsmen in general did not 

 respond to the call for aid as liberally as 

 they should have done, though several con- 

 tributions of $1 to $5 each have been re- 

 ceived at this office and promptly forwarded 

 to Mr. Tooker's friends, who had immedi- 

 ate charge of the defense. One man at 

 Magdalena, New Mexico, who sent me a 

 dollar wrote, " I hope he will get the next 

 fellow he finds violating a game law "; and 

 that is the sentiment of thousands of good 

 men who know the facts in this case. 



An appeal will be made to the pardon 

 board, at Trenton, N. J., at its next session 

 and it is earnestly hoped they may be in- 

 duced to release Tooker. Several officers 

 of the League will go there and make argu- 

 ments, as will 2 or 3 attorneys and personal 

 friends of Mr. Tooker. 



I have been exceedingly busy lately but 

 am waiting for some applications that I 

 hope to send you, from friends joining the 

 L. A. S. 



We ought to be able to get 25 members 

 here, and so have a Division. Something is 

 badly needed in this Province, for the game 

 laws are enforced but little if at all, and 

 game is poached in season and out. 



H. U. Paget-Aylmer, Montreal, Can. 



I shall be pleased to give members of the 

 L. A. S. a discount, and to do all I can to 

 help the League. I have been talking game 

 protection for the last 10 years, for I know 



what is coming if we do not act promptly. 

 We have a large piece of work to do; but 

 if we all do a little we can accomplish a 

 great deal. 



W. H. Langdon, Bridgeport, Conn. 



Inclosed find $1 for which send me Rec- 

 reation one year. 



I have been buying it at the news stand, 

 and would as soon be in jail as be without 

 the old reliable Recreation. 



I heartily approve your course in roast- 

 ing the pot shooters and game hogs, and I 

 admire the way you stay with them. My 

 application for membership to the L. A. S. 

 will be on the way in a few days. The 

 League owes you the credit of getting me 

 as one of its members. 



William H. Galloway, Quincy, 111. 



I am sending in to-day 15 applications to 

 the L. A. S. and there are more to follow. 

 As an educational factor Recreation leads 

 by a length, and a very long one. I have 

 never seen its equal and do not expect to. 

 I hope Coquina and his ventures will attain 

 the pinnacle of prosperity which they so 

 richly deserve. Don't let up on the swine. 

 H. P. Stanford, Kalispell, Mont. 



If I can get some of our pot hunters to 

 read Recreation and join the L. A. S. I 

 shall succeed better than by arresting them 

 for shooting out of season, for it would be 

 almost impossible to convict them, even if I 

 should see the game in their possession. 

 The game laws are ignored in these remote 

 regions. 



C. E. Butler, Jerome, Ariz. 



COLLEGE ATHLETICS. 



GOSSIP OF THE CREWS. 



Preparations for the rowing season are 

 now in full blast at all the colleges in- 

 terested in the sport. Cornell, Yale, Har- 

 vard, Columbia and Pennsylvania have now 

 had their men in training about 6 weeks, 

 and all the indications point toward the de- 

 velopment of some of the best eights ever 

 put on the water by American colleges. 



Cornell as usual is keeping exceedingly 

 quiet about her crews. The men are, how- 

 ever, doing work entirely satisfactory to 

 Mr. Courtney, who is much pleased by the 

 increased interest in aquatics shown by the 

 Freshmen. At the beginning of the season 

 the youngsters bestowed little thought 

 upon their 8, and Captain Fisher found it 

 necessary to stir them up. 



As usual the Yale candidates were put to 

 work early and the management should 

 feel happy over the number and quality of 

 the men who turned out. Captain Allen's 



call was answered by 37 candidates for the 

 University 8, and by 90 men for the Fresh- 

 men crew. The names and weights of the 

 men who turned out are as follows: 



'Varsity— F. W. Allen, 1900, 180; W. E. S. 

 Griswold, '99. 178; J. C. Greenleaf. '09, S., 

 170; R. P. Flint, '99, S., 170; W. B. Will- 

 iams, 1000, 160; W. E. Minor, 156; J. W. 

 Cross, 1900, 183; J. P. Brock. 1900, 175; J. 

 C. Greenway, 1900, 168; R. M. Patterson, 



1900, 155; P. H. Hayes, 1900, 165; G. Lo- 

 vell, 1900, 153; W. S. Pritchard, 1901, 165; 

 J. H. Niedecken, 1900, 170; F. G. Brown, 

 Jr., 1901, 200; J. D. Ireland, 1900, S., 160; 

 R. H. Gillett, 1901, S., 194; C. B. Water- 

 man, 1901, 157; H. P. Olcott. tqoi, 180; F. 

 S. Kellogg. 1901, 160; T. Kelly. 1900, S.. 

 184; J. D. Bogart, 1901, 165; C. G. Pearce, 



1901, 160; J. M. Patterson, 1901, 163; R. M. 

 Newport, Jr., 1001, 172; P. S. Mitchell. 

 1000, 165; G. S. Stillman, 1901, 188; D. B. 

 Casler, 1900, 178; S. M. Thomas, 1901, 165; 



