Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-01
Worcester Sportsmen Organize
a Much-Needed Association.
Enthusiastic Meeting at the Bay State
House Attended by WeLknown Men
Constitution Drafted and
Officers Chosen.

The ardent hope of E. f. Swan and
other leading sportsmen, TO form an as
ISOLATION to secure better enforcement
of the game laws during the closed sea-
son and to foster the propagation of
/ game, was realized Monday evening,
when 10 representative sportsmen of the
city met in room at the Bay State
House, and perfected permanent or
| ganization to be known as the Worces-
| ter Game Protective Association. ,....
Among those present were sErfsila s..
Knowles, George Crompton, Randolph
Crompton, G. H. Howe, H. w. Wyman
II. II. Warren, D1. H. H Gabeler, Yer
non F. Prentice, c, H. Colvin, Ernest
Russell, Austin j. Warren, c. H. Goodell
A. w. Walls, Joseph BeTtels, A. Bowman
Wood, e. f. Swan, Maynard P. Roach,
Sullivan Forehand and c. H. Hutchins
Elisha $. Knowles was elected tenn
porary chairman and Ernest Russell
secretary. After a brief statement of
the plans of the meeting, Chairman
Knowles called upon e. F. Swan to ad-
dress the assembly upon the advantages
of a game protective association, and
the work he himself had done to further
that end in Worcester county. Mr..
Swan spoke briefly. He said the move
ment for game protection and propaga-
tion was meeting popular approval.
Those who had approved the plan and
Who had pledged to its realization as
sured its existence and success.
There would be an enforcement of the
game laws if there were an association
to back 1t up. In the past where men
have had personal cognizanee of viola
| ton, there has been no attention to the
matter of enforcement for the reason
that any individual dislikes to make
| himself a target for any gunner, Game
| protective. associations have succeeded
| in other parts of the state, and without
doubt will so do here. Another idea
of such an association is to propagate
/ quails and game generally.
| The speaker then referred to the fact
that Mr.. Forehand had been one of the
! first to introduce Mongolian pheasants
| in this state, and stated that this gen
/ tleman would give his assistance to the
| work. Lately quail had been seen in
SOuthbridge, and this should be said of
| the entire county.
Chairman Knowles said that the
pheasant season was at hand and the
sooner the birds were placed in the field,
| the more the association could do Sui
| liyan Forehand made a brief statement
| as to his Introduction of the Mongolian
| pheasant in Massachusetts. Mr.. Fore
| hand was the first to procure the birds
| in this city, and Immediately turned
them to Game Commissioner Brack-
! ett, who has been breeding them with
marked success in the Middlesex fens.
! The remainder of the meeting was de-
! voted to routine business and perma-
] nent organization. A committee of
which e. F. Swan acted as chairman,
1 was appointed to draw up a rough draft
OF the constitution and bylaws, and
were allowed a time limit Of Is min
utes. According to the report of this
committee, the organization is to be
known as the Worcester Game Protect
| i've Association, the objects being to 'se-
cure by cooperation among all true
sportsmen throughout Worcester coun-
ty, better enforcement OF the game
| laws during the close season." and "te
foster the propagation of game and to
| oppose the reckless killing of wild game
for pecuniary profit"
A committee was appointed to confer
With State Game Commissioner William
J. Bracket of Winchendon with refer
enee TO the Introduction of the Mengo-
liam pheasant into Worcester county,
and to the game question in general.
| The committee comprises E, T. Smith,
George B. Inches of Grafton, Sullivan
Forehand. Vernon F. Prentiss, E. F.
Swan. This committee will meet the
state commissioner at an early date
and then report to the association.
The officers elected are as follows
President Gen lockwood Hoar; first
vice president, George B. Inches, Graf
ton; second vice president, George
Crompton; treasurer, H. W
Wyman; secretary, E. F. Swan;
executive committee, DR. David
narrower, George H. Cutting, A. B. F.
Kinney, Elisha S. Knowles, C. w. Walls,
A. B. Wood, Col ]. NJ. brennan; ad-
vlsory committee, Col. A. G. Bullock, E.
7. Smith, Gilbert J. Rugg, DR.. r. Swan,
Mayor r. B. Dodge, Jr., H. F. Keyes,
William H. Sawyer, Herbert Parker, H
A. Mower, L. NJ. Kinnicutt. H. F. A
Lange o. NJ. Ball, o. F. Joslyn of Ok
ford George S. Davis, Forrest Forbes
of Westboro, Austin J. Warren DR.. H.
H. Gabeler, NJ C. Roach, C. H. Howe,
Joseph Bertels, c. A Hutchins, and c.
H. Goodell.
A committee comprising George
Crompton, H. w Wyman, NJ. P. Roach,
E. F. Swan and Sullivan Forehand was
appointed to draw up a constitution and
bylaws and will report at the next
meeting.
The meeting was full of enthusiasm
from the start The next meeting will
be called upon notice of the secretary,
and will be held within the very near
future, as soon as the several commit
tees are ready to make reports.
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