The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-20
PROTECTING GAME,
Association Formed to Prosecute O1
 lenders of the Laws.

Association Formed to Prosecute or
 lenders of the Laws,
 The New Haven County Game and Fish Protection association has been organized to stop the killing of game out of season, with F. Knight Sperry as president. Rewards of $25 are ad- vertised to be paid for any information leading to the conviction of violation of the law. Following are the game laws:
 Woodcock, Quail, Ruffled Grouse
 (ealled Partridge), Gray Squir-
 rels, between December 15 and October 15 ...................... 10 % Duck, May, June, July and Aug uSt ............. ...............' uU
 Cannot be shot from boats pro-
 pelled by steam or sail.
 Rail, January to August 20..... 25 % No law op Plover, Snipe or any
 of so-called shore, marsh or beach birds, excepting Rail, nor
 in Wild Pigeon.
 Nightingale, Bluebird, Baltimore Oriole, Finch, Thrush, Lark,
 Catbird, Wren, Martin, Swal-
 low, Scarlet Tanger Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bird, Cedar Bird, or any species of the Woodpecker, or any other
 of the song or insectivious birds cannot be killed .............-.. l % Gray Squirrels and Rabbits can- not be taken from burrow, hole or tree, by use of fire, gum
 powder, dynamite or other ex- plosive compound ............. z % Pheasants, Mongolian or English, cannot be shot, or in possess sion, until October 1, 1900, ex- cept for the purpose of domes- tication or propagation ....... 50 % Sharing is prohibited except
 upon owners premises ......... 10 co Transportation of Game Birds out of state forbidden. ,$7 co to 50 % The use of Ferrets for taking Rabbits is forbidden except | upon owners land ............. [ 0O Sunday shooting forbidden ...... 25 0C Trout from June 15 to April 1, | and only with hook and line.... 50 0C Hunting on posted ground $7 co l to ....................... ....... 25 0C ! Deer protected for 10 years, from October l. 1893 ....... 100 0C The association evidently means bus mess and is to be permanent. The pres 1 ident is E. Knight Sperry; vice presi- dent, Dr. Gaylord; secretary and treas l urer c. G. Morris, and any one of these | officers will receive complaints. Though all the members at present are New Ha +t,nx 1. rrJp rl +, r, any sportsmen who may wish to joir 1 from anywhere in the country 1 This decided course has been com pelled by the ruthless violation of the l game laws, by pot hunters and me1 who hunt not for sport, but the prof | obtained by sale of game to the mar
 kets. The territory is so thorough! l shot over, or shared, that the trut l sportman with an occasional oppor l tunity of days outing finds no galn'
 in his path.
 l MT. Morris, who is a member of tn | Connecticut Naval Reserves and sta l toned on the United States steame l Minnesota in Boston harbor, will prob ably soon return to this city, as the re serves on duty on the Minnesota are n | doubt soon to receive their discharge | and MT. Morris will therefore very sool l be found again at his law office, tn same office which was occupied by hi lamented father, the late Governor Lu zon B. Morris. He will be equippe' l with detectives, who will be detailed t
 apprehend offenders of the game law
 and otherwise aid in the good work 0 preserving the game in our county.