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RECREATION. 



Geo. H. Daniels, G. P. A., New York Central Railw'y. 



C. E. E. Usher, G. P. A., Canadian Pacific Railway. 



D. J. Flanders, G. P. A., Boston and Maine Railway. 

 Chas. S. Fee, G. P. A., Great Northern Railway. 



H. C. Hudgins, G. P. A., Norfolk and Southern R'y. 



J. C. Pond, G. P. A.. Wis. Central Railway. 



Jno. Sebastian, G. P. A., Chicago, Rock Island and 



Pacific Railway. 

 Bryan Snyder, G. P. A., St. Louis and San Francisco 



Railway. 

 W. R. Callaway, G. P. A., " Soo"' Line. 



These men know a good thing when 

 they see it. They recognize the League as 

 already a great power for game and fish 

 preservation and they see it is destined to 

 grow still greater and stronger. The lines 

 mentioned all run through hunting and fish- 

 ing countries. These men want the game 

 and fish protected. They know the League 



is the most practical and effective organiza- 

 tion in the world for this purpose. Hence 

 they join it and work with it. Members 

 of the L. A. S. will appreciate the co-opera- 

 tion of such men and will give these lines 

 the preference when traveling. 



The membership of the League is still 

 growing. The figures on the last member- 

 ship card issued before going to press with 

 this issue read 1,823. That means 2,000 be- 

 fore June 1st. What shall we make it by 

 January 1st? Suppose we say 10,000. That 

 would be easy if each member would work 

 as he should for new members. It would 

 only be necessary for each man to bring in 

 5 new names. Anyone can do that. Will 

 you furnish your 5? 



COLLEGE ATHLETICS. 



NOT TO MANAGE OR ADVERTISE. 



A young man who poses as an oracle of 

 all outdoor sports writes in a weekly paper: 

 "What with the Inter-collegiate Rowing 

 Association, composed of Cornell, Co- 

 lumbia, and Pennsylvania, and the recently 

 organized Poughkeepsie Highland Ama- 

 teur Rowing Association, composed of the 

 West Shore Railway officials and merchants 

 of Poughkeepsie, it looks as if their race 

 on the Hudson next June would not be 

 lacking management or advertisement. 

 This is one way of conducting college 

 boat-racing. I confess to believing it not 

 the best way. 



If any further reason for preferring New 

 London was needed, the multiplication of 

 regatta officials on the Hudson supplies it. 

 'Management' and advertisement are pre- 

 cisely what university boating does not 

 want. When Cornell, Columbia. Pennsyl- 

 vania, and their managers, the Messrs. R. 

 R. officials and Poughkeepsie merchants, 

 have a season or 2 experience in boat- 

 race-booming, the college men will arrive 

 at the same conclusion." 



The Highland Rowing Association is 

 composed of New Yorkers almost exclu- 

 sively. Several of the vice-presidents live 

 in Poughkeepsie, but that fact does not 

 lessen our respect for them. Mr. C. E. 

 Lambert is the only officer of the West 

 Shore Railroad identified with the associa- 

 tion, and his connnection with it is solely 

 that of a gentleman interested in amateur 

 rowing. 



In its articles of incorporation the pur- 

 pose of the asssociation is stated to be that 

 of "aiding and furthering the interests of 

 amateur rowing on the Hudson river." 

 The authorities of the association say it 



is their purpose to eventually bring about 

 the holding each year of an American Hen- 

 ley on the Hudson. Only amateur sport is 

 to be encouraged. "Management and ad- 

 vertisement" is not what the patrons and 

 officers of the association are aiming at. 



What does this alleged oracle mean b> 

 "their race?" If the. New London race is 

 his race he would better make arrangements 

 with the officials of the New York, New 

 Haven and Hartford Railroad, so that they 

 can manage it for him. In that way his 

 troubles with the New London Board of 

 Trade, concerning the financial arrange- 

 ments for the New London contest, might 

 be kept out of the newspapers. 



So this would-be oracle chose New Lon- 

 don as the course for the coming boat 

 race, eh? Well, "the multiplication of of- 

 ficials" will not "boom," "advertise" or 

 "manage" the Poughkeepsie contest. The 

 crews going there will be well taken care 

 of and the course will be kept absolutely 

 clear of all impeding craft on the day of 

 the race. Everything that can be done 

 to further the interests of amateur row- 

 ing on the Hudson will be done. The 

 Highland Rowing Association simply says 

 to the crews. "Tell us what we can do to 

 help you, and we will do it." That is all. 



THE CRICKET OUTLOOK. 



The Cricket Season of '99 promises to be 

 the most successful in the history of the 

 game, so far as New York is concerned. 

 The recent amalgamation of the Knicker- 

 bocker and the New Jersey clubs has given 

 a strong impetus to this popular game, 

 and has aroused a deeper interest in it 

 than has ever before been known here. 



For many years the New Jersey Crick- 



