FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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I believe in protecting all game except rab- 

 bits. G. B. Kemp, Odessa, Wash. 



ANSWER. 



It is easy to protect fruit trees from 

 rabbits by wrapping the trees with cloth or 

 by placing wire netting around them, or 

 even pasteboard cones. Nearly all careful, 

 thrifty farmers and fruit growers protect 

 young trees in this way in countries where 

 rabbits are at all numerous. The rabbit 

 should be protected in most localities, be- 

 cause he is good game and furnishes good 

 food in winter. In the Southwest, Kansas, 

 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern 

 California, the jack rabbit often becomes so 

 abundant as to be a serious pest, and has 

 to be driven into corrals and killed by 

 thousands, but in the East the little cotton- 

 tail seldom becomes a pest. — Editor. 



hogs make a business of killing all they can 

 find and you are fairly entitled to the name. 

 — Editor. 



WORK OF THE CUVIER CLUB. 

 The following, from the Cincinnati En- 

 quirer of December 24, shows the progress 

 of our cases to that date : 



There was rejoicing in the Cuvier Club yester- 

 day over the conviction of the dealers and cold 

 storage company who were found by Game War- 

 den Rayborn with quails in their possession. The 

 defendants, E. J. Anderson, Louis Gloesten, F. T. 

 Hier, and R. F. Ison, were arraigned before 

 Squire Herrick, in Price Hill, yesterday morning. 

 All but Ison entered a plea of guilty. Gloesten 

 was fined $25 and costs and Anderson $50 and 

 costs. Hier was fined twice, first as the agent of 

 the Cincinnati Ice Manufacturing and Cold Stor- 

 age Co., and as an individual. In the first case 

 he paid $25 and in the second $100. Ison's case 

 was held over until to-morrow at 1 p. m. The 

 attorneys for the club are now looking up the 

 statutes relating to the additional penalty of $25 

 for each bird found in possession out of season. 

 The laws are conflicting, as usual, and some 

 preparation is necessary in order that no mistake 

 may be made. 



You see we are doing what we can to 

 preserve the game birds and fishes in this 

 part of the country. 



Alex. Starbuck, Pres. Cuvier Club, Cin- 

 cinnati, O. 



KILLED 210 RAIL BIRDS. 

 Chester, Pa. — Charles Longbotham, money or- 

 der clerk at the Chester post office, broke all 

 previous records among local erunners for bird 

 shooting. He went out on the Delaware and 

 returned with 210 rail birds, all of a splendid 

 quality. — Philadelphia Press. 



Regarding this report Longbotham writes : 



In reply to yours will say that your in- 

 formation is correct. I did shoot 210 rail 

 birds on one tide, which, gives about 4 

 hours' shooting. If you are a sportsman 

 yourself you know that was great sport. 

 Chas. Longbotham, Jr., Chester, Pa.. 



I ckim to be a sportsman, but instead of 

 agreeing with you that this is great 

 sport. I call it mere butchery. No decent 

 sportsman would ever think of killing more 

 than 25 of these birds in one day. Game 



GAME NOTES. 

 I recently arrested Bartimeus Wingate, 

 under the 12th section of our State fish and 

 game laws, for allowing his dog to run at 

 large. Trial was had before Justice J. W. 

 Hera. Wingate pleaded guilty, and being 

 unable to pay a fine was sent to the county 

 jail for 24 hours. I have 2 more dog cases 

 awaiting trial. 



Stults Pierce, 

 Deputy State Fish and Game Warden, 



Glassboro, N. J. 



I am deeply interested in your report of 

 the dog case. This is a new departure in 

 the matter of game protection, and the man 

 who drafted your game law knows a good 

 thing when he sees it. .Furthermore, he 

 knows how to make it. I should like to 

 hear the result of the other 2 cases you 

 have on hand and any further prosecutions 

 you may conduct. — Editor. 



The other day I went out with a few 

 cartridges to see if any birds were flying. 

 I did not see any large birds and had fired 

 all but 3 shells when I looked out in the 

 harbor and saw about 50 birds on a small 

 sandbar. I sneaked down, fired 2 barrels 

 at them and bagged 18 or 20 birds. Is 

 not that fair shooting? 



J. M, Gray, Walpole, Mass. 



ANSWER. 



No, that is not fair shooting. It is pot 

 shooting of the worst possible sort, and you 

 should be ashamed ever to have indulged 

 in it. I trust you may never again be 

 guilty of such unsportsmanlike conduct. 

 Always flush your birds before you shoot, 

 then single out one for each barrel before 

 firing. If others get in line and are killed 

 that can not be avoided ; but never attempt 

 to kill more than one bird at one shot. — 

 Editor. 



I have read more than a score of times 

 how you roast the game hogs, but what 

 about the Indians in our neighborhood who 

 are slaughtering deer all the time? They 

 kill a deer whenever they can, take the 

 hide, horns and hind quarters. The re- 

 mainder of the carcass is left to rot. As 

 long as the settlers make no effort to have 

 this stopped the slaughter will go on till 

 the game is all killed. Then the Indians 

 will leave the country themselves. 



W. Wendzinski, Jennings, Wis. 



ANSWER. 



I am after the Indians, too, just as vigor- 

 ously as I am after the white butchers : but 

 you and the other men on the ground can 



