THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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neglecting his clients and his personal in- 

 terests almost entirely. He has realized 

 that only by such self denial on his part 

 could this bill be passed. His losses no 

 doubt foot up thousands of dollars, yet 

 few of the people who are benefited by 

 his sacrifice will ever give the matter a 

 second thought. Those of us who know 

 how difficult it is and what an immense 

 amount of labor it requires x to induce care- 

 less legislators to enact game protective 

 laws appreciate Mr. Fay's work, and I 

 trust all sportsmen may learn to do so, in 

 time. 



As already stated in Recreation Repre- 

 sentative Hunt has also done stalwart work 

 for the bill in question. So have Senators 

 Howard K. Sanderson and William Tol- 

 man. 



I trust these gentlemen may give the 

 sportsmen of their State, or of the United 

 States, a chance at some future time to 

 vote for them. If they do, Recreation will 

 not be slow in reminding its readers of 

 their obligations to these gentlemen. 



Prominent sportsmen of Rhode Island 

 have decided that in case the Massachusetts 

 sportsmen should be successful in their ef- 

 forts to restrict the sale of game a similar 

 measure would be introduced in the Rhode 

 Island Legislature at its next session. 

 Now that the Massachusetts sportsmen 

 have set the pace little Rhoda should fol- 

 low it. 



And so the good work goes on. 



THE ROLL OF HONOR. 



Here are the names 

 thus far (July 2d) 

 Lacey watch fund : 



Miss B. Sturges, 



L. W. Robinson, 



J. J. Farnsworth, 



Dr. R. T. Morris, 



W. E. Coffin, 



J. H. Seymour, 



F. P. Sherwood, 



F. Stearns, 



A. L. Vermilya, 



W. C. Knapp, 



H. N. Richmond, 



A. L. A. Himmelwright 



\Y A. Reppard, 



W. C. Brown, 



C. M. Vermilya, 



E. H. Lytle, 



H. M. Haskell, 



A. E. Midgely, 



A. F. Rice, 

 Harry Bentz, 

 T. T. Nayler, 

 H. F. Moffat, 

 Xorman Astley, 



E. M. Barstow, 

 H. B. Radford, 



F. B. Raymond, 

 W. S. Mead, 



B. M. Webster, 

 H. Wallace, 



H. Dean, 



O. G. Wolcott, 



F. B. Matson, 



T. K. Tuthill, M. D., 



M. M. Elliott, 



Charles Payne, 



of persons who have 

 contributed to the 



H. C. Morse, 

 M. Richards, 



C. D. Brown, 

 S. B. Brown, 



Dr. G. W. Wakeley, 

 F. A. Williams, 

 J. Montgomery, 

 E. H. Davison, 

 A. E. Colburn, 

 R. M. Shurtleff, 



D. Lange, 



W. A. Richards, 

 J. H. Ogburn, 

 W. Cooper, 

 Dr. J. A. Elliott, 

 Dr. G. C. Rich, 

 Walter Scott, 

 R. C. Talmage, 

 William Donker, 

 L. A. Elwell, 

 A. H. Wichert, 

 S. S. Lyon, 

 C. F. Emmel, 

 A. Braeger, 



E. S. Brown, Jr., 

 E. B. Holmes, 

 Dr. H. M. Beck, 

 W. O. Partridge, 

 S. F. Tayler, 



A. V. Fraser, 

 A. J. Mull, 

 W. J. Evans, 

 C. F. Garmon, 

 H. L. Suydam, 

 W. G. Snider, 



W. T. Jefferson, 

 G. W. McKay, 



C. E. Schinneller, 



D. Gow, 



T. B. Moore, 



A. M. Barker, 



G. A. Reichard, 



W. J. Cornwell, 



H. B. Carpenter, 



W. Walter, 



O. Walter, 



L. O. Rawson, 



J. Cameron, Jr., 



J. W. Scollick, 



Dr. W. S. Carr, 



W. S. Mygrant, 



J. S. Matson, 



A. Koch, 



S. A. Stover, 



J. L. Robertson, 



H. S. Endsley, 



S. S. Mulford, 



Mrs. Woodworth, 



C. Barlow, 



G. C. Payne, 



P. B. Payne, 



Charles Pryer, 



Dr. T. S. Palmer, 



G. Van Nostrand, 



J. B. Pardoe, D.D.S. 



H. S. Fay, 



H. L. Pember, 



F. D. Little, 



H. V. S. Hubbard, 



J. E. Pratt, 



J. F. Talbott, 



J. A. Duff, 

 M. J. Elrod, 



D. H. Eastman, 

 F. L. Crosier, 

 M. S. De Vail, 

 J. J. Lush, 



L. H. Reutinger, 

 A. R. Bixby, 

 M. W. Emmert, 

 L. H. Way, 

 M. Cook, 

 Seth Nelson, 

 A. D. Beeken, 

 W. T. Hornaday, 

 Oscar Oxley, 

 C. H. Townsend, Jr. 

 C. E. Lambert, 

 Dr. M. P. Denton, 

 J. W. Gilbert, 

 John Sharp, 

 W. W. Seymour, 

 Edmund Seymour, 

 R. Kelly, 

 C. F. Emerson, 

 F. deL. Hyde, 

 L. K. Hyde, 

 W. E. Fertig, 

 J. L. Emerson, 

 Dr. Hugh Jameson, 



E. T. Roberts, 

 A. Mandell, 

 George Kemmerer, 

 George Hall, 



H. T. Peek, 

 E. G. Moulton, 

 J. M. Smith, 

 M. J. Winslow, 



E. A. Gray, 

 T. B. Moore, 



Mr and Mrs. H. E. Wadsworth, 



The fund now amounts to $67.10. We 

 want at least $200, so there is plenty of 

 room in the bank for all who may wish to 

 contribute. Remember the ante is 10 

 cents, and the limit 25 cents. Chip in be- 

 fore you forget it. 



DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED. 



A few days after issuing the circular let- 

 ter to League members, congratulating 

 them on the passage of the Lacy bill, I re- 

 ceived this letter : 



Washington, D. G, May 29, 1900. 



My dear Mr. Shields : — I am in receipt 

 of your recent favor in the shape of a long 

 exultation over the passage of the Lacey 

 bill, and additional blank applications for 

 membership in the L. A. S. The former 

 would be all right if it were true. As a 

 matter of fact, however, the Lacey bill 

 has not yet passed the Senate ; consequently 

 it has not been approved by the President, 

 and is not a law of the land. 



You say the bill passed the Senate unani- 

 mously. As a matter of fact, the bill has 

 not yet been taken up by the Senate at all. 



Furthermore there is grave doubt as to 

 whether the bill will become a law at this 

 session. Senator Hoar, acting for the 

 Audubon Societies, has an amendment 

 which he proposes to offer to the bill. If 

 he does that the bill will go to a confer- 

 ence committee and will die there. Friends 

 of the bill are in hopes of getting it called 

 up in the Senate- during some temporary 

 absence of Senator Hoar, and, in that way 



