FOREST AND STREAM 
877 
A. B. Richardson, Dover, Del.; F. S. Wright, Buffalo, 
New York. 
WESTERN AMATEURS. 
Jas. W. Bell, St. Louis, Mo.; J. S. Frink, Worthing¬ 
ton, Minn.; Chas. Hummael, La Porte, la.; S. A. Hunt- 
ley, Chicago, Ill.; W. H. Tolen, Ft. Dodge, la.; F. M. 
Troeh, Vancouver, Wash.; J. P. White, Watertown, S. D. 
PROFESSIONALS. 
Fred G. Bills, Chicago, Ill.; Lester S. German, Aber¬ 
deen, Md.; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la.; *J. M. 
Hawkins, Baltimore, Md.; *A. Kijlam, St. Louis, Mo.; 
C. G. Spencer, St. Louis, Mo.: John R. Taylor, Newark, 
O.; C. A. Young, Springfield, O. 
•Messrs. Hawkins and Killam each won two watches 
during 1915, Hawkins making 50 runs of 50 or over 
and Killam making 56 runs during the season. 
By way of explanation: Under the conditions a 
shooter making 10 runs during 1915, may carry them 
over and by making 5 more during 1916, wins a watch, 
or an amateur shooter making 20 runs during 1915, wins 
a watch and has 5 runs to carry over to 1916 to apply 
on another watch. 
GREENVILLE, MISS. TOURNAMENT. 
The Greenville, Miss. Gun Club announce that they 
will give a shooting tournament at their club grounds 
in Greenville, Mississippi on May the 3rd, 4th and 5th, 
with $1,000 in cash added by the club and a big bunch 
of trophies, merchandise prizes, etc., given for special 
races and averages. May the 3rd will be preliminary 
day and some very interesting races will be pulled off. 
The Mississippi State Championship Race will be con¬ 
tested for besides a race for the Team Championship of 
the United States composed of any three men living 
in the same State. We will have Alabama, Mississippi, 
Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas represented and 
possibly other States. This race will create much in¬ 
terest for it is to be lakes to the gulf team champion¬ 
ship event which carries with it a handsome trophy to 
the winners. The individual lakes to the gulf cham¬ 
pionship race was won at Greenville several years ago 
by Mr. H. D. Gibbs 
E. L. SHARKEY, Secretary, 
Greenville Gun Club. 
AMERICAN GAME PROTECTIVE AND 
PROPAGATION ASSOCIATION. 
The Department of Game Breeding and Preserving 
of the American Game Protective Association an¬ 
nounces the second national conference on game breed¬ 
ing and preserving. 
This will be held in New York City Monday and 
Tuesday, March 6 and 7, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 
and there will be a dinner with interesting moving 
pictures on the evening of March 6. 
The sessions will be presided over by Mr. Frederic 
C. Walcott, chairman of the Department, and among 
the well-known men who have been asked to take part 
in the program are: Senator George P. McLean, Con¬ 
necticut; The Hon. Henry S. Graves, United States For¬ 
ester; E. C. Hinshaw, Chief Game Warden, Iowa; 
George D. Pratt, Conservation Commissioner, New York; 
Samuel Evans of St. Charles, Illinois; John M. Phillips 
of Pittsburg; Dr. Arthur A. Allen of Cornell University 
and Norman McClintock, the well-known naturalist. 
There will be an especially notable attendance of 
the men who are making the United States worth while 
as a game breeding country. Among these will be 
Messrs. Duncan Dunn, Harry T. Rogers, Neil Clark, 
Adam Scott, A. G. MacVicar, Arthur M. Barnes and 
Amos E. George. 
There will be a dinner on Monday night, March 6, 
and moving pictures of wild life will be a conspicuous 
feature of the evening entertainment. 
LETTER FROM THE A. C. A. COMMODORE. 
To the Membership of the A. C. A.: 
By the time the next issue of Forest and Stream is 
in the hands of its readers, thousands of canoeists will 
have begun to cast an occasional thought toward their 
1916 plans for indulgence in their favorite sport. 
It is certainly not too early to let the A. C. A. 
membership know what my plans are for making it a 
lively year in the Association, and, to the extent of 
my authority and ability, in canoeing in general. 
1. Membership: 
The larger our membership, the more we can accom¬ 
plish for canoeing. Let us undertake a campaign for 
new members. Dues, $2.00 first year, and $1.00 each 
succeeding year. Application blanks may be had by 
anyone interested from me or the Secretary W. B. H. 
McClelland, 69 Tonawanda street, Buffalo, N. Y. If 
you are fond of canoeing you should be a part of the 
National body which has done in its thirty-six years 
of existence, so much for the pastime. On present 
members I urge the obligation of loyalty to and the 
support of the Association and the administration. Our 
membership should be two or three times its present 
size and if each member would make it his business to 
interest his canoeing friends in the organization, that 
result could be easily accomplished. As a comparatively 
young member of the A. C. A., I think I note a ten¬ 
dency among the members to live somewhat in the 
glorious traditions of the past. Those who love the 
out-of-doors and the stroke of the paddle are without 
exception red-blooded men. They have the ability 
and the inclination to accomplish things. We want 
real pep ’ in the Association. We want racing and 
cruising men to revere the traditions of over thirty 
years ago, but we want to foster and develop a sin¬ 
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affairs of the organization. There is no reason why 
a one-year old member cannot learn to love his A. C. 
A. colors now as well as those did who joined many 
years ago. No man gets much without some giving. 
I guarantee to every member who becomes interested 
in the purpose and work of 'the Association, and who 
will strive to add members and to participate in the 
Division and Annual Camps and Meets, a satisfaction 
and pleasure difficult to explain. We have more than 
1,300 members in this country and Canada and by con¬ 
certed effort it would be easy to raise the member¬ 
ship to 4,000 and to take in just the kind of men we 
want. 
2. Information: 
Despite the fact we issue an illustrated Year Book 
each year and send one to each member, I believe 
there are many canoeists who would welcome a chance 
to correspond in canoeing matters or in reference to 
the A. C. A. I most cordially invite and urge any in¬ 
terested person to communicate with me on any 
canoeing topic. 
3. Division Meets: 
As a member of the Central Division I naturally 
know more about the Central Division’s plans for 1916 
than the others. This year the Meet will be held 
for the first time on the Mohawk River, near Schen¬ 
ectady, and although the Meets for the last two or 
three years have been much more liberally attended 
than in former years, this year will undoubtedly be 
by far the largest Meet ever held by the Central Divi¬ 
sion. There are splendid waters and racing on the 
Mohawk, and Vice-Commodore Dawson has taken ad¬ 
vantage of every point in planning his Camp and re¬ 
gatta to insure a genuine success. The way to be¬ 
come familiar with the purposes and work of the A. 
C. A. is to become identified with the Division Meets, 
and it? is hoped that each division will make special 
efforts this year to insure large and enthusiastic 
attendance. 
4. Annual Camp: 
The great event of each year is the Annual Camp 
at beautiful Sugar Island in the St. Lawrence River, 
the home of the Association. This year’s Camp will 
open on Friday, August 4, for two weeks and many 
A. C. A. men and women are looking forward to the 
month of August when they can pitch their tents on 
their island and meet each other again. The usual sail¬ 
ing and paddling races will be held and it is expected 
that the attendance will be much larger than last 
year. It is planned to feature again this year the 
“Wilderness Contests,” to the successful winner of 
which Forest and Stream presented a handsome trophy 
in 1915. Come to Sugar Island this year and tell your 
A. C. A. friends to come. 
5. Championship Events: 
Special Committees are working out the details of 
special championship paddling events for Saturday, 
August 12, at Sugar Island. It is expected that this 
will be the biggest day in the history of canoeing. On 
that day will be determined the champions of America 
and Canada, and therefore of the world, in singles, 
tandem and quads, single blades (double blades will 
probably not be used) in the senior, intermediate and 
junior classes. Full details will be published in due 
time. This regatta will be an invitation affair for all 
amateur paddlers, whether members of the A. C. A. 
or not; and the races are in addition to the regular 
regatta of the Association. Proper championship prizes 
will be given in all events. Complete details will be 
sent to all Canoe Clubs and they will also be pub¬ 
lished in Forest and Stream. Additional but unofficial 
information may be obtained by addressing the Com¬ 
modore or Secretary. 
Yours in the A. C. A., 
C. A. SPAULDING, Commodore. 
Telephone Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division:—August Bouchery, 1952 61st St., 
Brooklyn, N. Y., by Eugene W. Kelly; William Weiler, 
233 West 15th St., New York, N. Y., by Henry W. 
Jahn; William Craig, 479 W. 152nd St., New York, N. 
Y., by Joseph F. Peiser; James M. Tait, 1851 Bathgate 
Ave., New York, N. Y., James H. Gibson, Grantwood, 
N. J., Samuel M. Ross, 820 W. 180th St., New York, 
N. Y., Earle B. Weill, 567 W. 173rd St., New York, N. 
Y., John E. Mahaffy, 820 W. 180th St., New York, 
N. Y., and Don Kennedy, 1302 Park Ave., Hoboken, 
N. J., all by Claude S. De Costa. 
Central Division:—Frank E. Wernick, 505 Dudley St., 
Syracuse, N. Y., by A. F. Saunders; Harry P. Broder- 
son, 14 Spruce St., Schenectady, N. Y., Robert Rhett 
Lewis, 134 Park Ave., Schenectady, N. Y., and Alvin 
W. Queneil, 144 Barrett St. Schenectady, N. Y., all by 
Edward S. Dawson, Jr. 
Eastern Division:—Bradford Dittmer, 24 Nickerson 
St., Pawtucket, R. I., by H. E. Buckey. 
Western Division:—Paul A. Grundman, 6837 Perry 
Ave., Chicago, Ill., by Robert F. Abercrombie. 
DECEASED. 
Central Division:—5695, William B. Foote, 24 Sherrill 
St., Geneva, N. Y., passed away in June, 1915. 
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