New-York tribune., 1885-01-09
PRICE THREE CENTS
GAME-DEALERS ORGANIZING
SEEKING CHANGES IN THE LAWS.

SOME OF THEIR ABsURDITIEs POINTED oUT-DEAE-
ERs VERSUS sPORTsMES.
The game-deaers OF the city have been In for
ment for some time over what they term the alb
isurdities of the game laws of the State. These,
they argue. werc constructed for the sole benefit
Of spOrtsmen, whilo they completely ignore the
food question. 1t is legal to shoot deer IN
August, when venison is not considered
particularly desirable, but in January it
is a msdemeanor To sell or have quail in ones
possession after January 81 is punishable with fine
and imprisonment This has been an unusually
dull season for game. The supply has been alto
gether out of proportion to the demand There are
thousands Of dozens Ofquail on the market and the
dealers afraid that they cannot dispose Of them
by the end of the month even at ruinous prices.
Quail are now offered for dollar dozen aud few
dealers will refuse rs cents.
The Association for the Protection of Game
watches the dealers closely and few attempts at
infringement of the the law escape its notice. The
dealers generally are willing to admit that the OBJ
ject of the Association is good one. 1t s the con-
object, and these they are deter
mined, if possible, to change. They met
yesterday in one of the rooms Of the New
Among the firms represented were NJ, Travis "
Co., &. Mahr q Co, Phillips, henry & Co., Drohan
& Powell. Gilman & Co., French & Co.. simmer a
bins, Knapp & Van Nostrand, Chamberlain, Hart
man 81 Co., Ihnrston & More. K. b. Poucher,
organization was formed by the election Of N. X.
French as chairman, ana Theodore L. Gilman sec
retary. Mr.. French said:
Twenty-Five years ago. when was in business In
Barcay y-st, gane-dealers found that doing business
within the law was almost as hazardous for IL was ai.
the law Combined effort enabled us 20 have the law
modified In some respects the game laws OF the state
all right In Others they unjust and absurd Tho
killing of yenson allowed in August and Sc ptember,
when nobody wants when II can't well be brought to
rot in the woods. After December deer can
not be shot and after January wsn,sS wsnsSr
The may be said o. quail The sale of quail is pro.
hibted after January 81. The supply may be greater
the market on January 81 What to become Of them
According to law, they must be DESTROYED IN some man;
on January 81 cook them and eat them on tho
ag i hs efsp To- be sS and 0f
six days. Now this can't be right L anu In
ton desires to work in harmony with those who have
abored to protect our game. IL is more TO our ner.ss
protected The food question is far more serious than
the question OF sport and an we want Is protection ior
ourselves as well rs real protection for our game
| Mr.. Durham said that the game laws of the State
| were made " for the pleasure of dudes who spenq
their vacation in the Adirondacks in August and
shoot does with udders full of milk and fawns run:
| ning by their Sides" number of Others spoke OK
the urgent necessity that exists for amending the
! game laws" Several expressed the opinion that
only would all the game dealers 0d OF the sty loa
keepers would also be glad to join hands In tho
| movement. ~
| n. Il. French. Jacob Shaffer, John Drohan y. ".
| Inylce and n. Durham were appointed COMMITTEES
| to draf. a constitution and bylaws. hey
| were instructed to inform all game dea,efs
and others whose interests were Identical or the
| action taken. The committee will name the date
| of the next meeting, at which a permanent organi-
| zaton will be formed.
Ii is not tSe intention of the Game Dealers Asso-
ciaton to limit membership IN 1t 10 this city; Mr.
| Shaler and others thought that 1t would be peter
| to extend the association throughout the Union.
| This idea gained ground quickly and will he put IN
| operation without much loss of time. The member
| ship fee wiiTpr0bably be $40.
| At the close of the meeting Mr.. French said to
| THE TRIBUNE reporter: "Tbe association VIII EN-
proper steps to secure legislation this subject.
hope and think that the Association for the Protec-
| ton of Game and the Sportmans Club VIII aseiSt
rs, for many of them at least, know that the pres
| eDt law is absurd in the extreme and hurtiui I'd
/ game as well as rade"