THE LEAGUE OE AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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Reuben Woods Sons' Co., 324 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, 



N. Y. Sportsmen's goods. 

 Edward Paddock, 94 Hudson Avenue, Albany. N. V. 

 'D. T. Abercrombie & Co., 36 South Street, New York 



City. Tents, etc. 

 W. H. Longden, Bridgeport, Ct. 

 V. Kindler, Saginaw, Mich. 

 William Shrive, Yonkers, N. Y. 

 T. W. Tignor & Sons, Richmond, Va. 

 T. B. Davis Arms Co., Portland, Me. 

 P. Haerr, Springfield, O. 

 Stark & Weckesser, Dayton, O. 

 J. C. Stamp, Wheeling, W. Va. 

 R. D. & William Lathiel, Savannah, Ga. 

 M. F. Kennedy & Bros., St. Paul, Minn. 

 W. H. Langdon, Bridgeport, Ct. 

 Brooks & Co., Elmira, N. Y. 

 J. M. Warren & Co., Troy, N. Y. 

 France & Thiele, San Antonio, Tex. 

 Morris &. Reinhardt, 183 Ferry Street, Newark, N. J. 



I hope to be able to add materially to 

 this list, from time to time. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the officers of the 

 League' was held at the Hotel Marlboro, 

 New York, February 8, 1899, at 10 o'clock 

 a.m. 



Present: G. O. Shields, President; E. S. 

 Thompson, 1st Vice-President; W. T. 

 Hornaday, 2d Vice-President; A. A. Ander- 

 son, 4th Vice-President; F. S. Hyatt, Treas- 

 urer; A. F. Rice, Secretary, and Messrs. 

 Luques, Pond, Seymour, Coffin, Keller, 

 Young, Watkins, Whiton, Alexander, and 

 Reutinger. 



The Treasurer's report was read, showing 

 receipts of $760.12 and expenditures of 

 $688.36 during the year. On motion the 

 report was accepted. 



The Secretary submitted a report show- 

 ing receipts of $1,325.85 and expenditures 

 of $694.33 during the year. 



The report of the Secretary was on mo- 

 tion accepted. 



Verbal reports were made by the chair- 

 men of several committees as to progress 

 of work in their various departments. 



The following resolution, offered by Mr. 

 Pond, was adopted: 



Whereas, The officers of the League of 

 American Sportsmen have seen fit to have 

 the League incorporated under the laws of 

 the State of New York, and, 



Whereas, The laws of the State require 

 that in such cases the incorporators shall 

 elect a Board of Trustees, and that these 

 trustees shall elect officers for the ensuing 

 year, and that the incorporators shall adopt 

 a Constitution and By-laws, therefore, 



Resolved, That the League of American 

 Sportsmen in annual meeting assembled, 

 does hereby approve the action of the offi- 

 cers in having the said League incorporated; 

 in adopting a Constitution and By-laws, 

 and in electing a Board of Trustees. It 

 also approves the action of these trustees in 

 electing a board of officers, to serve during 

 1899, and until their successors shall be 

 elected and qualified. 



(The Board of Trustees re-elected all the 

 old officers.) 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



Arthur F. Rice, Secretary. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Pursuant to the call, the annual meeting 

 of the League of American Sportsmen was 

 held at the Hotel Marlboro, February 9, 

 1899, at 10 o'clock a.m. 



Several States were represented by their 

 chief wardens, deputy wardens and by mem- 

 bers of the League. All routine work hav- 

 ing been performed at the meeting of of- 

 ficers on the 8th, this general assembly 

 discussed ways and means of protecting the 

 game, the birds, the fishes and forests in 

 the various States, and listened to reports 

 of the officers and members present, on 

 these lines. 



Mr. H. S. Mygatt, Local Warden for 

 Susquehanna County, Pa., made a full state- 

 ment of the work done in his section during 

 the past year and pointed out certain evils 

 that should be corrected. 



Mr. L. H. Reutinger, Chief. Warden for 

 the State of Ohio, gave a most encourag- 

 ing report of the condition of affairs in his 

 State, and outlined the means employed to 

 enforce the game laws there. His remarks 

 indicated that the L. A. S. is firmly en- 

 trenched in Ohio and that good results may 

 be looked for in that State. 



Vice-Presidents E. S. Thompson and A. 

 A. Anderson spoke of the conditions pre- 

 vailing in Wyoming and made especial 

 mention of the necessity of enlarging the 

 boundaries of the park, in order to secure 

 a winter range for the big game therein. 



Mr. A. E. Pond, Chief Warden for the 

 State of New York, made an exhaustive 

 report of the League work in this State. 

 He told of several convictions that have 

 been secured, and pointed out certain dif- 

 ficulties in the way of game protection un- 

 der the present system of State supervision. 

 The recognition already accorded the 

 League by the authorities and the people 

 at large, forms a pleasant feature of his 

 year's work. 



Dr. Robert Morris delivered a most able 

 address on the deleterious effects of eating 

 refrigerated game and stated no first class 

 hotel or restaurant would serve cold stor- 

 age game to its patrons. 



The Secretary read several letters from 

 State and local wardens, reporting the ar- 

 rest and conviction of violators of the game 

 laws, and some important communications 

 from absent officers and members, includ- 

 ing a strong letter from the President of the 

 N. Y. State League for the Protection of 

 Fish, Game and Forests. 



The President of the L. A. S. then read 

 his annual report, after which the meeting 

 adjourned. 



Arthur F. Rice, Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



It is one thing to say what you are going 

 to do — what you hope to do — and another 

 thing entirely to say what you hare done. 



A little more than a year ago a conven- 

 tion was held in this city for the purpose 



