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RECREA TIOX. 



among your members, there is no reason 

 why the New Hampshire organization 

 should not be controlled at the start by 

 local sportsmen, in which case the con- 

 trol would be likely to remain here for 

 some time. Our city and the County 

 Fish and Game League would in this way 

 have the credit of initiating a movement 

 in the State that could not tail of being of 

 lasting benefit to all its citizens. 



Such concerted, methodical work as that 

 of the L. A. S. cannot fail to be effective, 

 and it is plainly the duty of every sports- 

 man and nature lover to join the League 

 and aid in it. The League of American 

 Sportsmen should receive the support of 

 New Hampshire people, and I trust you 

 may all decide to join it at once. 



C. W. H. 



HE IS AFTER THEM. 



The following correspondence explains 

 itself: 



New York, March 16, 1899. 

 Mr. J. W. Burdick, 



G. P. A., D. & H. C. Co., 

 ^ Albany, X. Y. 



Dear Sir: I am informed on what ap- 

 pears reliable authority that certain train- 

 men in your service have made a business 

 of buying ruffed grouse from natives in the 

 Adirondacks, all through the winter, carry- 

 ing them to Albany or sending them to 

 New York and selling them, in violation of 

 the law. Of course you would not allow 

 this and I deem it proper to call your at- 

 tention to the matter in order that you may 

 investigate. If you find the charges true, I 

 would suggest that an example be made of 

 one or 2 of the guilty men. Should like to 

 know the result of the investigation, in any 

 case. 



Yo'u are aware of course that the L. A. S. 

 was organized for the express purpose of 

 enforcing game laws, and we feel sure of 

 having your co-operation in this work. No 

 corporation in the State could be more 

 deeply interested in the cause of game pro j 

 tection than your company should be. 



Awaiting your kind reply, I am, 

 Yours truly. 



G. O. "Shields, President. 



Albany. X. Y.. March 17, '09. 

 My dear Sir : Referring to yours of the 

 16th inst., I would be glad if you would for- 

 ward me any specific information you may 

 have as to employes in our service buying 

 ruffed grouse for the market. You may be 

 assured that short shrift would be made of 

 any employee found violating game laws of 

 this character. As you are doubtless aware, 

 this Company is doing everything in its 

 power to contribute to the preservation of 

 the game and fish in its territory and it will 

 not tolerate having its efforts neutralized 



by the illegal action of any of its employees. 

 Your letter is the first intimation we have 

 had of any delinquencies in this respect. 

 Yours trulv, 



J. \V. Burdick. G. P. A. 



I am now trying to get the names. of the 

 offenders and if I succeed they will hear 

 something drop. 



A CONVERT SPEAKS IN MEETING. 



I have received my first copy of Rec- 

 reation, and am delighted with it. The 

 more I read it the better I like it. It is 

 just what we want. It will convince any 

 man whose bristles -are not over 16 inches 

 long, how contemptible a game hog is in 

 the eyes of a true sportsman. 



Recreation and the L. A. S. work hand 

 in hand, and with the help of the sport lov- 

 ing people we can soon have good shooting 

 in all of our states where game can abound. 

 Every hunter in this town has been a game 

 hog of the worst kind, myself included. 

 The same of those who fish. The only rea- 

 son they are not so still is that the fish and 

 game are about gone. 



A few years ago we had splendid duck 

 shooting, 14 or 15 miles East of here, in the 

 lakes on Weaver bottoms. Xow there are 

 only mud hens and divers. 



All this is due to the spring and summer 

 shooting by men who fish with dynamite 

 and nets, who shoot the young mallards 

 and wood ducks as soon as they can fly. or 

 even before. One man told he and a butcher 

 killed 12 mallards with sticks, too young 

 to fly. 



We shall have fair shooting here next 

 fall. Rabbits are abundant and little hunted. 

 Squirrels I never kill. I consider it no 

 credit to run one up a tree and then shoot 

 it. It takes your New Yorker or New 

 England hunter to do that. 



I wish Recreation success, and will do 

 all I can do to push the good work along. 

 Roast the pork good and brown. A squeal 

 from one of them is better music to me 

 than the honk of a Canada goose or the 

 whirr of a whole covey of grouse. 



J. A. Fricke, Plainview, Mich. 



ANOTHER "ANTELOPE" CASE. 



The following correspondence explains 

 itself: 



New York. February 20, '99. 

 Messrs. Averill & Gregory. 



Managers Yates House. Syracuse, N. Y. 



Dear Sirs : A local warden of the L. A. 

 S. breakfasted at your hotel on the morn- 

 ing of February 15th. saw " antelope steak " 

 listed on the bill of fare, ordered a piece, 

 got it and sent it to me by express. 



It is needless to say this is venison and 

 you were doubtless aware of that fact when 

 you bought and served it. However, if you 

 were not, you may be surprised to know 



