1 have made but 2 hunting trips 

 since Recreation was established, 

 and those only when the doctor told 

 me I must choose between the woods 

 and the hospital. 



Within the past few years I have 

 had 2 opportunities to sell this maga- 

 zine for $100,000 cash; and 3 times 1 

 have been offered $50,000 for a con- 

 trolling interest in it. In each instance 

 my answer has been, substantially, , 



"I am not ready to sell Recrea- 

 tion. I have not yet accomplished 

 the work I set out to do. Before part- 

 ing with Recreation I mean to com- 

 plete the work of securing good game 

 laws in all the States. 



"L mean to educate the sportsmen 

 of this country to quit when they get 

 enough. 



"I want to build the membership of 

 the L. A. S. to 100,000. 



"If I can accomplish these things 

 then I shall be ready to sell Recrea- 

 tion to some good friend for a few 

 thousand dollars, barely enough to 

 enable me to live in a cabin in the 

 woods the remainder of my days." 



Certain schemers have been hover- 

 ing about my* printer for years past, 

 trying to buy his claim against me, 

 to thus get control of Recreation 

 and force me out oi it. He has 

 finally assigned a part of his claim to 

 the man who has now petitioned to 

 have me adjudicated a bankrupt. I 

 have paid this same printer $225,000 

 in the years he has been printing 

 Recreation, but that counts for noth- 

 ing now that I owe him a small frac- 

 tion of that amount. 



Since I was turned out of my office 

 a number of men have had access to it, 

 for one purpose or another, and it is 

 possible that in the course of this com- 

 ing and going a copy of my mailing 

 list may have been carried away. This 

 may have fallen into the hands of 



some other publication, and if is .pos- 

 sible, an offer may be made to my sub- 

 scribers to, fill out their subscriptions 

 with some other periodical in this line. 



The Real Recreation will, how- 

 ever, be continued under my editorial 

 management and my , name will/ ap- 

 pear, on the cover as heretofore. 



H I now appeal to, .all readers of 

 Recreation, to all true sportsmen, to 

 all nature lovers and, in short, to all 

 who approve my work in the past, to 

 raljy to my support in this emergency. 



A few friends are financing The 

 Real Recreation temporarily, and it 

 is up to the sportsmen of this country 

 to provide the funds for carrying it 

 on permanently, if they wish it to 

 stay in the fight. 



Few other men have worked for 

 game protection as I have, and few 

 ever will work so hard. No one else 

 has put so much money into the cause, 

 though thousands of League mem- 

 bers have many times the amount at 

 their command. Not 'only have I 

 bankrupted myself, but I have put my 

 heart's blood into the cause. Will you 

 fail now, in the day of trial, to stand 

 by me and by the cause in which so 

 many of you have urged me on with 

 your words of approval ? 



My readers will readily understand 

 how thoroughly humiliating it is for 

 me to have to go before the world 

 with such an appeal as this. I have 

 put 10 years of the best of my life into 

 this work of game protection and I 

 am not willing to quit now. The 

 work is only half done. The question 

 for the sportsmen of America to an- 

 swer is, whether I shall be allowed 

 to finish my work, or whether I must 

 give it up for lack of financial 

 support ? 



I have at least 10 years more of 

 hard, vigorous work in me. I have 

 recently been offered 3 positions in 



