Che Amateur Sportaman Co. 
18-20 EAST 420 STREET 
CABLE ADDRESS 
* SPORTSMAN, New YorK’’ BOX 22, SANE TORN RAL STATION P. oO. 
TELEPHONE 6861 BRYANT NEW rom N.Y. 
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Mr, Wm, Brewster, nbs 
Cambridge, Mass, 
Dear Vr, Brewster: 
February 27th 1911 
T had intended writing to you to thank you for your letter en- 
dorsing my book but I have been entirely too busy to attend to my 
correspondence politely, 
I had a letter from Br. Field a few days ago in which he said 
that he was strongly in favor of a regulated sale of game and T wish 
to ask you if you would be willing to endorse my opinion on this subject. 
I believe it would do much good if you would say that game should be 
sold alive for propagation) and as food,from licensed game farms and pre=- 
serves and that you believe such Léeislation would tend to increase the 
numbers of our game birds and incidentally that it would be beneficial 
to the song and insectivorous birds, 
T have visited a number of places where game is properly looked 
after and T w pleased to observe that the’ fame birds were verv abun- 
dant and ofteesh in apparent security, T believe it will be an easy 
matter to téach the people that it is not necessary to destroy all or 
even very many predaceous birds and animals and that the game can be 
made abundant by looking after it properly and giving it plenty of 
briars and other covers and foods, 
I expect this year to make some extended experiments with our 
indigenous birds,including the wild turkey, and I find that T am far more 
interested now in breeding game than I ay in shooting it. I believe 
however, that the shooting is necessary to keep up the interest in the 
game and T hope we can teach the people to look after the native birds 
instead of attempting to fill the country with foreign species. 
I expect to appear before the Legislative Committee at Albany on 
the 9th of March and TIT shall deem it a great favor if,you will write 
me a few lines endorsing the views of Dr. Werridm-and,é6thers if you 
feel like doing this, I shall have a number of letters from state game 
officers and others who think as I do, but TI know of no opinion more 
eae than yours on this subject and I do hope you will be willing 
enderce it, 
Cy 0 eon 
Yours truly, 
DWH Ar sgl 

