The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-13
SPORTSMEN'S RIGHTS.
The Local Protective Association
Discussed.

The Forest and Stream, one Of the leading
sporting journals of the East, recently pub
lished an address issued to the Sportsmen OF
this State by the Sportsmen's Protective AS
ISOLATION of this city. The editor, for further
particulars connected with the as ISOLATION,
wrote to one Horace Briggs, an alleged
sporting authority, and kennel editor of a
weekly paper. OF the association the lat
ter writes:
Please find me copy of the pamphlet men
toned In your note, and IN sending IL | sehd TWO
or three emphatic statements with reference 10
It, which | beg you VIII note. FlrSt-Ine pam.
inlet was not prepared al the instance OF inc
California State SpOrtSmen's Association, nor
have tile views advanced IN II the sympathy OF
that body of sportsmen. | am Ow and nave Tor
many years been the Secretary OF Inc state
Snort ,inrn'S Association. know every man III
IL intimately aud feel safe III saying that not
one single member Of the association sympa.
lhiZes IN any degree with the position assumed
by The pamphlet or with Tue organization which
pIeuilled aud sent IL OUT
Second-The "SpOrtsmen's Protective Assoeia.
lion OF California had lis origin IN tue anger Oh
few lUrr IBnerS, VINO nau Tor several years AFRO
gated the right TO enter upon tile premises OF Sen
atar j. +. Jones in SOnOma County, for The pur
pose OF shooting. The men were OF the irregu-
lar unattached, ungttachabe sort, TO whom
everything klliable was game. Alter time the
Senator leased the shooting right upOn his prop
erty to a club OF San Francisco and Oaklahd gen
tlemen, WHO proceeded to preserve ii and warned
of uOn-members. An cutlery was AT once made
about tyranny, autOeracy and that sort or
thing. The dlsgruntled ones aglated the matter,
gathered about them few meu OF ike character
and formed what is styled the SuortSmen's Pro-
iectiVe Association Of California. made IL my
business to become thoroughly acquainted with
the personnel OF the association ana Freely
confess that ala not know that there were SO
many and such curious types fond oil
the gun. During tile three evenings
which 1 spent at meetings ot
the association NOS once did anybody speak pure
English The stamp of foreign extraction was
Them all Their views we're The views OF liItl6
men, their temper wholly unspOrtSnanllke and
their disposition one which should ehtltle them
to summary treatment at The hands OF land
owners If they tresSpaSS al any time. lncl0se
clipping from the journal | write Tor with ref
/ erense 10 lhe matter
This is the comment:
The organization styled the Sportsmen's Pro-
teetiye Association Of California mas issued
pamphlet, The central idea Of which Is 10 dis
courage the formation and maintenance OF clubs
OF spOIIsmen which shall lease or acquire oy
purchase and preserve suitable tracts oil ground
or water upon which 10 hunt. The pamphlet Is
4 rehash OF what has been said from time To time
| by one or two rather thOushtlesS and inconsld-
| eiaIe sportman's journals. There i no aigu-
ment IN ii and the sentiment is rot. The protec.
| tive association has neither sympathy nor sup
| port at the hands OF sportsmen generally It's
| animus IS unworthy, its methods are question:
! able, aud It is, altogether, good thing 10 let
| alone severely.
In answer to Briggs remarks, as quoted,
| a prominent member OF the Sportsman
| Protective Association wrote to IHE CALL
| as follows:
Sporting Editor CAL: Last weeks issue OF
| local sporting paper contained an article which
places the SpOTtsmau'S Protective Association
before ITS readers In very serious light. The
writer knew that he deliberately misrepresented
the members OF tie association when lie SAID
they were capable Of violating the game law;
but he Is SO blinded by prejudice and Jealousy,
and so filed with admiration for the pernicious
foreign principles OF The preserve club, that he
| could not allow himself TO be accurate.
He has misrepTesenled The actions OF our assO-
citation on every OCCASION and never yet gave
IaIr report OF our proceedings. see, by Ia
bored effort, to abuse US, he wishes TO advise the
| public that there is nothing IN common between
| the State Sportsman Association ana Tue Sports
mems Protective Association. In this agree
with him. The socaIled state SpOrtsman's Asso-
clation has been in existence for eight or nine
Yeas, and during that time L have watched lis
proceedings pretty carefully, and as lar as my
observations 20, IL has done nothing but TO get
up an annual pigeon shooting tournament, by
which a few 9f It's members could scoop the dol:
lars OF innocent shooters from the city and
country.
There IS nothing 10 its credit by way of game
law, but during its vigilant supervision OF our
game interests, a good wild fowl law has been
swept of the statutes. and representative COM
mtitee Of its members representing the preserve
| clubsj tried to smuggle the celebrated Hog Hunt
ers' Bill through. the Legislature; but thanks to
| tie vigilance OF The Sp0rlsmanS Protective Asso-
citation, were fOlied.
Tie members OF the latter association may re-
fer with some pride TO that act, well as TO the
city ordinance which prohibits the having in
possession, or Offering for sale within The city
| and county of san francisco, any mallard or
| other wild ducks from the LIST day Of March TO
| the st day OF September In each year.
think | could find many other striking com
PARSONS between the spOrtsman-lke actions of
| these associations. For instance the scandal of
the Fish Commissioners Office aud the celebrated
| wind-up OF tile late Field Trials Club at Bakers
| field may be credited TO a prominent member OF
| the $ ate SpOTtsman'S Association.
| l wish 1t understood. however, that this does
! not apply to many members of that association
| but 1t Is such Individual acts as refer to that
J bring sports manshlp into disrepute.
] A MEMBER OF THE SPoRTsAIAN'S PROTECTIVE
I ASSnCTATION