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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jul* 2, i§qA 
Sim Glover made a notably good showing throughout the 
tournament. He seemed to know about what he wanted, and 
helped himself.. He took the Lefever trophy, the Troisdorf trophy, 
the E. C. & Schultze cup, and in the Dean Richmond trophy 
contest lie killed 20 live birds straight, using a Parker gun, Trap 
shells and Schultze powder. He tied with Banks for highest aver- 
age in the State events, Fulford being second, and all used E. C. 
or Schultze. 
Mr. N. J. Lane, who scored a win of the Troisdorf cup at the 
shoot of the Brooklyn Gun Club, last Saturday, is deserving of 
great credit for his performance. About a year ago, he started 
in as a novice, unskilled in the art of shooting, but by conscien- 
tious practice he has improved to a creditable degree of skill. His 
win was a popular one, and we trust is but the beginning of 
many. 
Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, of Pittsburg, takes part in the actual 
shooting betimes instead of managing tournaments that others may 
shoot,, and in either branch he performs well. On June 23, at 
the second of the series of monthly shoots of the Greenfield 
Avenue Gun Club, he won first average on a 90 per cent, per- 
formance. C. H. Miller was second with 88 1-3 per cent., T. B. 
Fleming third with 85 1-3 per cent. 
Ajry Lou-hardt (or Lou Erhardt) struck New York this A. M., 
June 28. When asked how long he'd be here he replied that 
he had been ten days on the road from Atchison, Kans., coming 
in by way of Montreal; that as he had but $8 left, he expected to 
leave this evening not later than 6 o'clock. Friends have come 
to his assistance, and he will spend at least another twenty-four 
hours in the city of New York. 
The summer tournament of the Stanley Gun Club, of Toronto, 
is open to the world. It is fixed for July 1, on the Woodbine 
Club House grounds. There are seven events in thei programme, 
10. 15 and 20 targets, entrance 75 cents and $1, targets extra. In 
two events respectively $20 will be added. Four moneys, 40, 30, 
20 and 10 per cent. Shooting commences at 1 o'clock. G. j. 
Mason, Jr., Sec'y-Treas. 
The third target tournament of the Connecticut State League 
will be held July 4, on the grounds of the Bridgeport Gun Club. 
There are twelve events on the programme, 10 and 15 targets, 50 
cents, 75 cents, $1 and $1.25 entrance. The team race will begin 
at 2 o'clock. Targets 2 cents. All money divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 
per rcent. J. G. Kingsbury, Sec'y. 
Uncle Ben Catchpole, of Sodus, N. Y., who is ripe in years 
when measured by their number, but whose spirits and enthusi- 
asm are as fresh as those of youth, took part in several of the 
target events and acquitted himself very creditably, considering 
that he is of the oldest trap-shooters in New York, and being 
eighty years old, probably one of the oldest in America. 
On Thursday, at the New York State tournament. Jack Fanning, 
of Gold Dust powder fame, made the excellent run of 90 
straight, and that too in the calm, imperturbable manner which 
is peculiar to him. Jack is a high-class man with the gun, 
whether shooting at targets or pigeons, and never fails to make 
an excellent showing. 
Mr. Ferd Van Dyke was one of the contestants at Rochester last 
week, and just by way of showing them what he could do with 
his. Winchester on Thursday he broke 79 targets straight, missing 
3 in his next 20, scoring the excellent number of 96 out of 100. 
A 96 per cent, gait is not to be passed by lightly. 
Mr. Irby Bennett, of the Winchester Arms Co., is now in the 
East on a visit near the center of trade. He is the picture of 
ruddy good health, browned to a turn by the kind touches of 
the Southern sun, in that land of open-hearted hospitality and best 
shooting and fishing. 
At the Herron Hill (Pittsburg) Gun Club's contest on June 
21 the chief event was the 50-target race for the cup, ten con- 
testants. Pills won it by a score of 46, Shaner being close up 
with the second highest score, 45. 
The Bedford Rod and Gun Club, of Bedford, Ind., has in- 
definitely postponed its tournament, fixed for July 14 and 15. 
The Fulton Gun Club, of Atlanta, Ga., will give a two days' tar- 
get shoot on July 19 and 20. J. E. Avery, Sec'y. 
The regular monthly shoot of the Boiling Springs Gun Club 
takes place on Saturday of this week. 
Bernard Waters. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
EMERALD GUN CLUB. 
Brooklyn, N. Y.,' June 21. — The monthly club shoot of the 
Emerald Gun Club was held to-day at Dexter Park, Liberty avenue 
and Enfield street. As usual the shoot was well attended, twenty- 
seven shooters taking part. Only two clean scores were made, 
Sands and 1 tillers, both 28yds. men, tieing for first place with 
10 kills each. The scores: 
G B Hillers, 28 ...2112112212—10 F W Place, 28 ....1020112111—8 
W Sands, 28 2222222222—10 J Rathjen, 25 1211202012— 8 
Dr Hudson, 29 ....1110211212— 9 R Regan, 25 :.*10H*1121— 7 
J -Woeful, 29 1111*12122— 9 C Billings, 28 1101**2221—7 
E J Clark, 29 2120111111— 9 E A Vroome, 29. . .0010111111— 7 
C Stutzle, 25 1220212111— 9 W Amend, 28 222**20121— 7 
T Short, 28 2202122112— 9 G Hagadon, 28 1002110110— 0 
O Brown, 25 0212221122— 9 W Catton, 28 *021120202— 6 
Dr Rugle, 28 2211102221— 9 G K Breet. 25 1211001010— 6 
E O Weisse, 25. . .2101210122— 8 H Fessenden, 28. . .2220000222— 6 
Dr O'Connell, 29. .2122212020— 8 Dr McFarland, 28. .1111010020— 6 
Dr Richter, 25 1010111221— 8 W Joerger, 28 20*0200212— 5 
B Amend. 28 120*211121— S T Coady, 25 0221200001— 5 
J H Moore, 28. .. .1111210021— 8 C. W. Billings. 
BROOKLYN GUN CLUB. 
Brooklyn, June 25. — The following scores were made to-day at 
the club shoot. The Troisdorf cup event was won by Skidmore, a 
handicap event witli an allowance of misses as breaks. 
A violent wind storm set in during the shoot. Some said it 
was more than that; that it was nothing less than a cyclone. Great 
consternation prevailed for a time. Dr. Littlefieid grabbed his 
gun and a small boy's coat and rushed to the barn close by for 
safety. The instinct of the Doctor was to save something from de- 
struction, hence the solicitude concerning the coat. It 'was a very 
pleasant afternoon's diversion. 
Iroisdorf cup: 
Skidmore, 5 llllllllUllllOllOlOlllOl— 25 
Lane, 7 1110101110111111110111011—25 
Dowd, 5 lOOlOllllOllllllllllllllO— 25 
Amend. 6 0110011101111111001100001— 21 
Dr Smith, 7 010H10011100110111111001— 23 
Beveridge, 2 •. . . .lllOllOlOlOOlOldlllllUOll— 18 
Dr Stillman, 6 0000110010000010010011111—16 
Page 1110101111000000000111111—14 
Budd 0101110111001011101110000—14 
R W F 0110010000001111100111001—12 
Dr Littlefieid, 4 0000111011010011011100011—17 
Skidmore, 2 11U111100— 8 Dowd, 2 1100010111—6 
Lane, 3 0101001011—5 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 10 10 10 15 Targets: 10 10 10 15 
Beveridge 8 9 10 12 Page 8 . . 8 
Lane 7 3 7 .. Dr Smith 6 10 
Dowd 9 6 . . 11 Dr Littlefieid 11 
R W F 8 .. 4 4 Amend 10 
Skidmore 4 7 8 8 Dr Stillman 12 
Budd 6 
The Dean Richmond Trophy. 
In respect to a part of the conditions governing the Dean 
Richmond trophy, the New York State Association passed upon 
them as follows: 
"Mr. Gates— I move that the term county, as used in reference 
to the Dean Richmond trophy, be deemed to include the entire 
territorv of Greater New York. It is practically impossible for any 
of the New York clubs, under these conditions, to send a team up 
here to contest for the Dean Richmond cup. If that is so, I 
see no objection to their sending a team where one man lives in 
New York and the other in Brooklyn. I understand the New 
Utrechts cannot send a team here on that account. 
"Mr. Hadley. — The constitution and by-laws and rules have 
been approved by this Association and cannot be altered in this 
way. 
"The President. — I think the point of order is well taken. 
"Mr. Gates. — I will ask unanimous consent to renew it. I 
think it is such an eminently proper thing. I am not making it 
for the purpose of affecting this year's shoot. 
"Mr. Hadley.— Let the club that has the shoot next year fix it." 
To us it would seem the better way to have taken action look- 
ing toward an equitable solution then and there. Next year the 
succeeding club might use the same words; that is, "Let the club 
that has the shoot next year fix it.'" 
New York State Tournament. 
The regular programme of the New York State Association for 
the Protection of Fish and Game began on Tuesday, June 21, and 
lasted four days. Some sweeps were shot off on June 20, about 
thirty shooters participating therein. This was the fortieth annual 
convention of the Association. It was; under the management 
of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club. The tournament was held 
on the old base ball grounds, Riverside Park, Rochester. The 
foreground was occupied by the tents, the largest of which, near 
the center, was the tournament tent, within which was the busi- 
ness office of the tournament. In the gfoup of tents which faced 
toward the traps were also the tents of the Rochester Rod and 
Gun Club, the Manufacturers and Dealers, The E. C. & Schultze 
Powder Co., the Audubon Gun Club, the Oneida County Sports- 
men and a large tent used as a restaurant, within which good 
meals were served at very reasonable prices. 
In the tournament tent three different cashiers and their as- 
sistants kept three distinct accounts, respectively of the expert, 
htate and amateur events. 
The grounds were ample in space. Three magautraps were 
used, one for the experts, one for the State, one for the amateur 
events. 
As one stood facing toward the traps the expert was set near the 
right, the State trap in the middle, and the third near the left 
of the grounds. 
The constant tread of many feet reduced the surface of the 
ground to fine dust and sand, which, floating in the air, made 
the shooters look grimy toward the latter part of the day and 
caused some discomfort. 
On the first day the traps worked with rather irregular suc- 
cess, which Mr. Paul North, who had them in charge, ex- 
plained was caused by the drifting sand getting into their bear- 
ings. On the second and third days they worked much better. 
The members of the committee of arrangements were: Messrs. 
W. C. Hadley, E. C. Meyer, W. F. Brinsmaid, Geo. Borst and 
Frank E. McCord. They worked incessantly in attending to the 
infinite details of the shoot each day. 
No effort was spared to make the event an enjoyable one to all 
who participated. On Tuesday morning a mammoth eight-in- 
hand tally-ho carried to the grounds a large party, composed of 
distinguished visitors and members of the press." On Thursday 
evening Mr. E. C. Meyer, the President of the Association, in- 
vited a number of the visitors to his home, where he entertained 
them charmingly. 
The scores were kept on blackboards, one at each set of traps, 
and also by a scorer, who kept them on regular score sheets. 
There were many errors made, however, and the scoring at the 
amateur set of traps was notably inefficient, the scores thereat 
getting mixed up with annoying frequency. 
AVERAGES. 
The averages of those who shot through the programme are as 
follows: 
Banks and Glover .952, Fulford .928, Levingston .912, Ward, 
Mayhew and Carr .904, C. S. Burkhardi and Forrester ,S8S, Kelsey 
and Whitney .872, Wavte .862, Barker and McCord .840, Meyer 
and C. Wagner .832, Kirkover and Tuttle ,816, Beyer .808, A. C. H. 
.800, Courtney ,7S4, Wryde .696, Willing .658 in the State events. In 
the amateur events Baker and Chase .856, P. Willey .696. 
Barker and Chase .856, P. Willey .696. 
Glover $20, Fulford $15, Levingston $10, Ward, Mayhew and 
Carr $1.65 were the divisions of the average money in the State 
events. 
This tournament fell off greatly in its support and interest as 
compared with many predecessors. There was much conjecture 
as to the cause, some ascribing it to one thing, some to others. 
There were relatively very few who shot through the programme, 
and the list of scores shows a weak and scattered support. On the 
third day the attendance was very light, and the shooting was 
correspondingly short of what was desired and expected. The 
programme was an excellent one, worthy of strong support from 
far and wide. The auspices under whjch the tournament was held 
could not be bettered, and yet the tournament fell far below ex- 
pectation?. 
TRADE REPRESENTATIVES. 
Notwithstanding the attractions offered at the open set of traps 
there was a smaller attendance of paid experts and manufacturers' 
agents than is usual at this shoot. Among those in this cate- 
gory who were present were: 
Paul North, of the Cleveland Target Co., whose sole duty (and 
an arduous one at that, on account of the flying sand) was to 
look after the three magautraps that fed targets to the different 
classes of shooters; Fred Van Dyke, of the Winchester Re- 
peating Arms Co., who did not strike his gait until the last day, 
when he shot the take-down and W-A powder well to the front in 
the open events; E. D. Fulford and Col. A. G. Courtney, both 
shooting Remington guns and Schultze powder; Simon Glover, 
a resident of Rochester, shooting a Parker gun and Schultze pow- 
der; J. S. Fanning and W. L. Colville (Dick Swiveller), the latter 
the Eastern agent of the U. S. Smokeless (Gold Dust) Powder 
Co., Fanning being the expert exponent of the art of handling 
that powder; Harvey McMurchy and Chas. Wagner, both of the 
Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N. Y. : Tom Keller, of whom nothing 
further need be said than that he arid King's Smokeless were 
always where they ought to be — well to the front in execution 
and sociability; Edward Banks, secretary of The American E. C. 
& Schultze Powder Co.; Uncle Dan Lefever, of the Lefever Arms 
Co.; Geo. A. Mosher, of the Syracuse Arms (Hollenbeck gun) 
Co.; W. R. Crosby, of the Baker Gun & Forging Co., Batavia, N. 
Y„ fresh from his victory in the Board of Trade diamond badge 
contest at Peoria, 111., wiiere he won the badge with a record 
of 98 straight at live birds; W. F. Parker and S. A. Tucker, of 
the firm of Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn.; B. H. Norton, of 
the Hazard Powder Co., whose scores show a big improvement 
over last year's efforts, etc. 
AMATEURS AND OTHERS. 
The amateur class was well represented, Buffalo having the 
post of honor in that respect. Among those from Buffalo were 
F. D. Kelsey, President J. J. Reid of the Audubon Club, C. S. 
and E. C. Burkhardt. Alex. Forrester, 333, Hammond, Warren, 
H. P>. Kirkover, B. Tolsma, etc. Rochester naturally had plenty 
of representatives, the following being, on hand: President E. C. 
Meyers, Wride, Dr. Weller, L. V. Byer, George Borst, F. E. 
McCord, C. Lane, Secretary Griffiths, W. C. Hadley and others; 
Uncle Ben Catchpole, from Sodus, could not be kept down, but 
shot along and shamed many a far younger man by his energy 
and enthusiasm, as well as by his skill with the shotgun; Gus 
Dexter and H. L. Gates, together with Mart Mayhew, were the 
most prominent members of the Utica delegation. Binghamton 
sent only one representative so far as we could find out, and he 
was H. W. Brown, the best shot in that city; Messrs. Kendall, 
Boss, Hobbie and others from Binghanjton were marked among 
the missing. Saratoga sent H. M. Levengston, a worthy repre- 
sentative, who shot along in the Auburn squad — McMurchy, Banks, 
Levengston, W'agner and Kelsey — until the last crack of the gun. 
Another shooter who held up his end well was Mr. Clark, of St. 
Louis, whose scores in the amateur events are to be found under 
the nom de fusil of Chase. John Lowden, C. A. Ward, M. E. 
Barker, Atwater, Doremo, Bradley, Palmer, and several others 
figured prominently when it came to dividing up the purses. 
THE CONVENTION. 
The. fortieth annual convention of the New York State Associa- 
tion tor the Protection of Fish and Game was held at Rochester, 
June 20, at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, President 
Meyer in the chair. Mr. Hadley reported the credentials of the 
following clubs as approved: Rochester Rod and Gun Club; 
Spencer Sportsmen's Club, of Lyons; Sterling Rod and Gun; 
Empire Gun Club, of Lacona, N. Y. ; Dansville Gun Club; Cana- 
joharie Gun Club; Catchpole Gun Club, of Wolcott; Saratoga 
Gun Club; Rome Gun Club; Hunter Gun Club; Sodus Gun Club; 
Riverside Rod and Gun Club; Syracuse Gun Club; Bison Gun 
Club; Leather Stocking Gun Club, of Oswego; Watertown Gun 
Club; Oneida County Sportsmen's Club; The Gun Club of Syra- 
cuse; Onondaga Sportsmen's Association; Richfield Springs Gun 
Club; Audubon Gun Club, of Buffalo; Peoria Gun Club, of Buf- 
falo. 
In the debate on name and constitution Mr. Hadley said: 
The condition which has affected this organization for the last 
year has necessitated some changes in the constitution, which 
have been made for the Association through the Rochester Rod 
and Gun Club. It is not necessary for me to state that the win- 
ter meet of the Association has withdrawn from the summer con- 
tinsent, and that will necessitate the changing of the constitution. 
The constitution has been changed by the Rochester Rod and 
Gun Club, and is now before you for your approval or disapproval, 
or such changes as this convention may find it proper to make 
at this time. I move that the articles of the constitution be taken 
up seriatim and be disposed of in that way, article by article or 
section by section. They can be read and if there are any changes 
to be made let them be discussed and settled when we come to 
them. Motion was seconded and carried. I will read the consti- 
tution for the secretary: "Article 1.— Name.— Sec. 1. The name 
of this Association shall be the New York State Association fer 
the Protection of Fish and Game." I move that it be adopted. 
Mr. Gavitt. — I desire to introduce an amendment to the motion. 
I do not address this convention as president of the New York 
League for the Protection of Fish and Game, but as a delegate 
here from the Spencer Sportsmen's Club, a regularly organized 
member of this Association. As president of the League, I may 
say that, as has been read from the minutes of the previous meet- 
ing of this Association, held in Auburn last year, the matter was 
left in the hands of a committee of six duly appointed, three from 
each branch of the Association, at that time. They were to con- 
vene, agreeable to resolution, and fix upon some suitable dis- 
position of the matter. The protective branch of that committee 
met in October of last year in the city of Syracuse, in due con- 
formity with the notice, which was also given to the trap-shooting 
branch, or the members of the committee from the trap-shooting 
branch, and there were present at that meeting only the protective 
members. The protective members got up a report and reported 
to the winter meeting that in their belief it was wise to separate 
from the shooting branch, and in order not to conflict in any way 
with the shooting branch they decided at the meeting in De- 
cember to change the name of that branch of the Association and 
call it the New Y'ork State League for the Protection of Fish 
and Game. I have to state at this time that that League is now 
duly incorporated, and has a membership of nearly thirty-nine 
clubs. I am here as a delegate to ask the meeting to discard the 
name of the old Association, so that in the future the distinction 
may be apparent to all, and the true objects of this Association 
may be thoroughly understood. As it stands in the recommenda- 
tion Mr. Hadley has read it is to be called the New York State 
Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. As a member 
of this shooting branch of the Association, I desire to ask the 
members here in what sense are we an association for the protec- 
tion of fish and game? I have been a member of this Association 
for over twenty years and 1 have failed to find in any of the pro- 
ceedings of this Association of trap^shooters held from year to 
year anything touching upon the protective matters which would 
give us a right to be called by that name. I see no harm in our 
appropriating a name more distinctive to the interests of the 
present Association. It is truly a trap-shooting association. 
Mr. Hadley. — I do not know why Mr. Gavitt comes into this 
Association. I must acknowledge his right as a delegate from 
the old reliable and always popular Spencer Sportsmen's Club, of 
Lyons, as a delegate from that club. The trials that have afflicted 
this Association ever since I have known anything about it have 
been caused by the fishing element. If I may go back a little, I 
will call your attention to the time the convention met at Coney 
Island, and there are lots of you here that bear that delightful 
memory in your minds to-daj r . It went from there to Niagara 
Falls, and tor want of birds it could not be held. The next year 
Buffalo took it, but the New York State Association for the Pro- 
tection of Fish and Game died at Niagara Falls virtually. Did 
the fishermen put their hands in their pockets and help resurrect 
it? Not much. The old Audubon Club, of Buffalo, went down 
to Niagara Falls and took the meeting to Buffalo and sunk $1,000 
that the old New York State Association might live. From 
Buffalo it went to Syracuse. That grand old organization, the 
Onondaga Sportsmen's Club, from Syracuse, sunk $000. That was 
the price that thev paid that this Association might live. Did 
the fisherman reach out his hand? No, no, no. It came from 
.Syracuse to Rochester; it began to breathe, by the tender care 
of the sportsmen. It went from Rochester to Utica, and the 
shooters were then so numerous that they classified them, and they 
had a splendid shoot. They gave $100 for the first gun, and only 
12 birds. Did the fisherman put his hands in his pockets and 
help do that? Oh, no. It went from Utica to Auburn, from 
Auburn to Albany: from Albany it came back to Lyons, from 
Lyons to Rome, and from Rome to Syracuse, and there it struck 
the fishermen, who found that there was something in it. They 
called a winter meet, and they made a new constitution and new 
by-laws that forced upon the sportsmen a per capita tax of 25 
cents each that it might help you take care of your fish. It 
was not carried. The weather was hot and everything was in 
a hurry, but after the per capita tax was taken off the consti- 
tution and by-laws were permitted to pass by adding that each 
club should pay yearly dues to the Association of $5. Some of 
them paid it and some of them didn't. One of the officers of the 
winter meet of the Association caused to be published in the 
Forest and Stream, only a short time after this proposition was 
made to dissolve, the fact that "We have used the sporting part 
of the New York State Association until we are strong enough 
to go alone, and now we want to get out." I say go in peace. 
1 promised through the papers to hand back to the delegates 
the old New York State Association for the Protection of Fish 
and Game, and please God, I'll do it without any fish slime el- 
fish scales upon it. If you will listen to me you will be sports- 
men and belong to the old Association. The element that left 
us has done enough for us. and the only redeeming feature of the 
whole thing was their surrendering what they knew they couldn't 
keep, because when they drew out they severed their connec- 
tion with us and they had no right to the trophies. But they 
didn't give up the money they had; no. That belonged 
to this Association also. I hope that when this question is de- 
cided it will be in favor of keeping the old name. It is 
known and it is well and favorably known throughout the United 
States. There is not a manufacturer in the United States but what 
knows it, but what do they know about the New York State Sports- 
men's Association? They don't know anything about that; you 
have got to teach it to them. It is only another act of the insidi- 
ous fishermen to destroy our old Association. 
Mr. Mattisou. — My friend Hadley makes a true statement when 
he names how some of the old clubs worked away back in the 50s 
and 60s, and so on. I want to say that I represent the Leather 
Stocking Club, of Oswego, organized in 1860. In 1874 we had the 
State shoot at Oswego, and we sunk $1,500. I was one of a party 
with Judge Nutting that helped pay up our balance of $1,500 to 
protect the good old State Association whose name we are now 
laboring over. (Applause.) When my friend Gavitt makes the 
statement that the clubs don't assist in protecting game I beg 
leave to differ with him. In looking over the record of the Leather 
Stocking Club prior to coming here I find that in the last thirty 
odd years 75 per cent, of our money in the treasury has been spent 
to assist in protecting fish and game, and only '25 per cent, has 
been spent for the pleasure of attending State shoots or any 
other shoots. I have been a member of the State Association since 
its organization, and I would like to see, God permitting, the 
name of the State Association to remain as it is until myself and 
Uncle Ben Catchpole and such men have died, and then you 
can change it. 1 am here for the privilege of defending the name 
of the State Association that I believe has been a credit to the 
sportsmen of this State. I am proud of it, 1 am here to vote 
against changing the name of it as long as I live. 1 believe Mr. 
Hadley has told the truth. I believe it would be a bad idea. The 
State Association is known all over the world; not in this section, 
not in the city of New Y'ork, but wherever you go, you hear of 
the New York State Association. Let us vote this amendment 
down. 
Mr. Gavitt. — The sentiment of the meeting seems to be so clearly 
in favor of retaining the old name that I do not see why I 
should object as a delegate here. 1 will withdraw my amendment. 
The motion as originally made was carried. The rest of the con- 
stitution was adopted as already published in Forest and Stream. 
The American Association rules for inanimate target shooting 
were adopted. 
Mr. Hadley.— Death has taken from our midst a man who has 
always been ptominent in this Association. He was a whimsical 
fellow, full of humor and peculiarities, but a good-hearted sports- 
man. How many of you can remember at Saratoga, when we 
were riding to and from the grounds, his jolly way of reciting 
"The sweet girl graduate, with her golden hair, j 
Now steps before the world to read her thesis, 
And there is naught that helps to make her fair, 
- But Ivory soap its daintiness increases." 
How many times we laughed at the poor fellow and at the gro- 
tesque manner in which he recited those few lines. Always ready 
fcr an argument and always ready for a shoot, his memory is 
dear to me. I have fought him in every possible shape, and he 
was a good fighter, and I like a good fighter. Mr. President, I 
move that a page be set aside in the records of this Association 
and dedicated to the memory of William M. Richmond, of Char- 
lotte. The motion was seconded and carried., 
Mr. Redmond. — This is the fortieth annual convention of the- 
New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. 
We have a new constitution, and it occurred to me that it would 1 
be -veil for u^ to emphasize to-night the fact that while we occa- 
sionally gather once a year, and occasionally oftener. to shoot blue- 
rocks, etc., from spring traps, we are not associatted for that 
purpose alone, but that the name of the Association virtually re- 
presents the object that we have at heart. I have been a member 
of this Association for a long time, and I have been in hopes: 
that not only will the Association flourish durinf our time, pfif 
that it will survive, as it has already survived, for a long period, and 
prove an honoy to \\ie State of New York. Since we last met in 
