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RECREATION. 



by Governor Johnston, who is himself an 

 ardent sportsman. Several counties were 

 excluded from the provisions of my bill, 

 through a misconception of its principles 

 by rural representatives; yet I hope next 

 session to fight to a successful end for pro- 

 tection for the birds all over the State. 

 Local laws are of no avail. I am contend- 

 ing for a uniformity of our State laws, 

 and when local legislation is relegated to 

 county commissioners we can achieve the 

 end we have begun. 



I am very much occupied now, as you 

 may divine, but as soon as I am at leisure 

 shall send out the L. A. S. literature you 

 have sent .me, and endeavor to enlist the 

 co-operation of our people in the laudable 

 undertaking of song bird and game pro- 

 tection. Cordially vours, 



' J. H. Wallace. 



SPORTSMEN ON THE DELAWARE. 



The few remarks concerning " Fish 



'hieves in the Delaware " which appeared 



The Sun of August 30th have thoroughly 



»»vakened the people living along the upper 



Delaware, with a result which is likely 



.0 be serious for future malefactors. 



The river is visited daily by scores of 

 sportsmen who are liberal in their disburse- 

 ments of cash; and hotels, boarding houses, 

 boatmen, liverymen and others have dis- 

 covered that it pays better to protect the 

 fish and cater to an army of gentlemen than 

 to permit the depletion of the waters by a 

 few rascally, law-breaking fish hogs. 



It now seems certain that the next gang 

 caught illegally destroying bass will meet 

 with a heap of speedy and disgusting 

 trouble 



A new association has lately been formed, 

 not for " show," but for business purposes, 

 and it will go for fish and game law breakers 

 tooth and nail, and will never let up until 

 the nefarious practices cease. This is the 

 " League of American Sportsmen," and 

 every full-sized American, be he sportsman 

 or not, should become a member and aid 

 in bringing to an end some of the blackest 

 crimes of the age The office of this League 

 is at 19 West 24th Street, N. Y — Kit Clarke, 

 in N. Y. Sun. 



SWALLOW SHOOTERS. 



A live bird shoot took place at Sportsman Park 

 Monday afternoon, which proved one of the most 

 interesting shoots of the season. About 350 swal- 

 lows, which had been taken from the large chim- 

 ney at Balmer's green house, were used as targets, 

 and the lively little birds kept the best of the 

 shooters guessing. Thirty men participated and a 

 general average of 57 per cent, was made. Balmer 

 and Tindolph tied for first place with 9 out of 10 

 birds. Barrowman and Litherland took second 

 money with 8, and Eluere and Linsey took third 

 money with 7 birds. — Vincennes, Ind., Commer- 

 cial. 



Editor Recreation: In order that the 

 above paragraph may have the circulation it 

 so widely deserves I send it to you. It is 



not right that it should remain hidden in 

 the narrow circles of its original publica- 

 tion. Let it go before the thousands of 

 readers of Recreation. 



I believe the benighted fossils who make 

 our laws consider such noble " sport " il- 

 legal, but as the people of this enlightened 

 community are more advanced and pro- 

 gressive, our " best citizens " participated 

 in the tournament and the winners are the 

 heroes of the hour, outshining, in public 

 estimation, the victors of Santiago. 



Public sentiment here sustains these 

 noble " sports " and if any narrow minded 

 mossback tried to prosecute under the new 

 state law the only result attained would be 

 the lynching of the prosecutor. I hope 

 Recreation will hasten to give these 

 heroes their due meed of praise. 



Angus Gaines, Vincennes, Ind. 



They deserve the fate of the Italian who 

 was caught by a game warden in the act 

 of shooting robins, and who, when he re- 

 sisted arrest, was shot and killed. — Editor. 



LAWBREAKERS IN THE ADIRONDACK^. 



Utica, N. Y. 

 Editor Recreation: Last summer I 

 spent my vacation in the Adirondacks, on 

 Big Moose lake, where I killed a deer— 

 a buck with 6 points. I want to tell you 

 how the sportsmen (?) hunt deer on the 

 Fulton chain, especially on Raquette and 

 Long lakes, and vicinity. Two hounds 

 came over from Shallow to Queen lake 

 and stopped at a camp where 2 gentlemen 

 were hunting on Queen, in the latter part 

 of August. When the dogs arrived they 

 were nearly starved, and after being fed 

 they lay down and slept for a whole day. 

 Mr. Crego, president of the Brown's Tract 

 Guides' Association, sent a man up and 

 had the dogs shot. A friend of mine spent 

 the summer on Long lake, and he says 

 they hound and jack there regularly. He 

 says he went jacking several times and 

 met several other parties who were at it. 

 There are plenty of deer in Herkimer 

 County, and will be for several genera- 

 tions to come, if properly protected. The 

 guides are all in favor of continuing the 

 law which prohibits hounding and jacking. 

 I hope you may be able to do something 

 to better this miserable state of affairs. 



E. F. H. 



Give the names and addresses of the peo- 

 ple who did the hounding and jacking, and 

 I will undertake to have them prosecuted. 

 — Editor. 



TRYING TO EXTERMINATE THE CARIBOU. 



An English magazine prints a picture of 

 a pile of caribou saddles that is simply 

 sickening to look at. The caption under 

 the picture reads thus: 



" A Bag of Caribou Taken in New- 

 foundland." 



