The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-02
Association Will Buy
More Birds.
LOCAL SPORTSMEN
Have Their Adjourned Meet
ing and Elect.

The adjourned annual meeting of the
| Worcester County Game Protective Asso-
citation was held last evening in the Day
building, and great deal of business of
interest to every sportsman IN this vicini-
ty was transacted.
The result of the meeting showed very
conelusively that the association is far
from being dead. On the contrary, it was
decided by unanimous vote that the
task of propagating quail in this section,
undertaken by the association a year ago,
be continued, and a vote was passed au-
thorizing the purchase of IS dozen more
quail. The association is determined to
continue the scheme for number of
years until its feasibility or impractical
bility can be demonstrated.
The first business coming before the
meeting was the election of officers for the
ensuing year. Last year lockwood Hoar
was elected president, but this time the
/ choice of the meeting fell upon A. b. f.
/ Kinney. The nominations were all made
by the nominating committee, comprising
e. S. Knowles +. f. Swan, A B. Wood
and Ernest Russell. Their report was
adopted without dissenting vote. 1t was
as follows:
President. A. B. f. Kinney; first vice
president, George b. Inches; second vice
president, e. S. Knowles; treasurer, En-
nest Russell; secretary, Il. f. Swan; eX-
ecutive committee, Rufus B. Dodge, A 3.
Wood, V. F. Prentice, George Crompton,
H. w. Wyman, E. T. Smith, II. A. Now
er, H. w. Boardman.
The advisory committee is composed of
well known gentlemen, all of whom are
thoroughly interested in game shooting.
This committee is as follows: Col. A. G.
Bullock, DIR. R. W. Swan, O. NJ. Ball, II.
f. A. Lange, o. F. Joslyn, f. w. Forbes.
'C. F. Goodell, DR.. II. H. Gabeler Ran
Idolph Crompton, c. II. Hutchinson. Sam
uel E. Winslow, Arthur NJ. Taft, Herbert
II. Pitcher, j. H. Walker, II. NJ. Quimby,
Hatch, A. w. Clifford, Col. T. S. Johnson,
E. c. A. Becker, Joseph Bertels.
A communication was received from the
MASSACHUSETTS Fish and Game Protective
Association giving notice of a hearing
upon the bill to abolish the present fish
and game Commission. This hearing will
take place at the state house, today, and
Secretary e. f. Swan was delegated to
attend the hearing in the interests of the
local association.
The question of introducing Mongolian
dtlItl Llt bllt0 plSV VI COlOl
do was brought up by President-eeCt A.
b. f. Kinney, who thought it would be an
excellent PLAN providing, of course that
the birds could be advantageously OBJ
tanned. The matter was left in the hands
of the executive committee for definite
action.
The sentiment as expressed by the meet
ing was that a shorter season of game
shorter even than that proposed by the
bill now before the legislature-would be
advantageous. On a formal vote the as
ISOLATION placed itself upon record as adj
yocating, season from the first of Octo-
Der to the first of December instead of
from the fifteenth of September to the
first of January, as the law now stands.
That the association feels that its work
of the past season in purchasing and lib
Grating 115 dozen quail has been crowned
with success was shown by the vote
passed authorizing the purchase of 70
dozen more this spring. Contrary to the
expectations of some, the recent blizzard
did practically no damage to the quail
liberated a year ago, as reports from
sportsmen in those sections say that the
quail have been seen and that they are
apparently doing well.