The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-25
GAME BIRDS COMING
Commissioner Crampton Au- thorizes a Statement to
 That Effect.
.SP0RTSMEN INTERESTED
About 300 Pairs of Hungarian Par tridges Soon to be Liberated
 About the State.

The hunters and sportsmen of the State generally will be interested Ill any action taken by the commissioners of fisheries and game in the matter of replenishing the State with game birds, especially Hungarian partridge and quail. The commission has had many complaints of late from sportsmen about the State in relation to this mat ter, but the commissioners have had their hands tied in the matter because of the great difficulty in getting the birds.
 On the board of commissioners are the following at present: George T, Mathewson, Enfield; John M. Cramp- ton, New Haven: l.. Hart Geer Lyme: and Robert G. Pike, Middletown.
 MT. Crampton was seen last night by representative of The Journal Courier, to whom he explained the sit- uation. He said the commissioners had lived in high hopes of being able to do something in the matter not long ago He said they had ordered and had on the way to this country an assignment of 300 pairs of Hungarian cartridges. The vessel on which they were sent went down in a storm and the birds which made up but a part of a ship ment of 5000 pairs of the birds being sent to the States were all drowned
 It had been planned to liberate an equal number of pairs of these birds in each of the Connecticut counties. MT. Crampton said the commission CTS are expecting to receive another shipment of birds from a domestic breeder in the course of few days and he said he knew the news would come well received by local sports men MT. Champion gave out the fol- lowing statement containing letter from pr. Cecil French of Washington: To the Sportsmen of Connectlcut: I In reply to the many telegrams and 1 letters which have been received by our commission, we publish a letter from 1 Dr. Cecil French of Washington, D. C., man of unquestioned authority and 1 the largest dealer in the world and who, with other dealers, has been trying his best to get us supply, which Is self explanatory.
 March IS. 1908, George T. Mathewson, Esq, President
 The Fish and Game Commission, | Thompsonvile, Conn
 Dear Sir: I am sorry to say that there is as yet no definite news con corning quail have done and am stll doing all l can, viz, by bombarding my I, T. man with letters and telegrams but 1t has availed nothing so far, I an writing him again to-day and asking him for definite news one way or ths other
 l want very much to see you gentle men stand right with your sportsmer because you have acted so very decent ly towards me and shall ieave no ston, unturned to help you in the matter. would like to suggest that if th' sportsmen have much to say that yo, remind them that you, as commission CTS, are custodians of the game law! of your State and as such are bound out of courtesy to sister States to dis eountenance the acceptance of bird. that have not been obtained lawful, and that you cannot encourage men {, break the laws of other States. Also that you propose to protect the gam, interests of the State to the extent O not accepting any birds from anywher unless a clean bill of health can com with them. Point out that it would b | ,lor foll the States money away to buy hird indiscriminately without knowing the, had come from a non-infected center.
 None of the kickers can stand u1 under arguments like that. If the, mention the few birds they have bee . able to obtain, ask them If they knoy whether such birds were obtained am shipped to them lawfully and whethe they know for fact where they cam from originally and whether or not tn place they came from was infected O not Tell them to read the bulletin o quail disease of the biological surve and see how widespread the quail dis ease is.
 All such flew" birds have either bee obtained from breeders who raise them for fun (one man in Long Islan raised some 75 last season. or the have been smuggled out of the Stat whence they have been shipped. A s for the Pennsylvania people. they sim < ply don't know what they are talkin about, This Is the second winter only ( their being in business and they hay not yet learned through experience ( the sn6gs they will run upon ever once in whie. I don't believe the have ever sold a quail but if the have, they have obtained them from party in Kansas. who has sent uotl ing but infected birds out, to my eel N tain knowledge, every one of which ha died. Ii is very easy for them to sa wisely they would have supplied yo T with the birds, but note that they tal good care to hedge by saying also "it N too late now"
 l am asking a bid on another she. for the supply of Hungarian partride l think it very likely that next vea T will be 8 good year as with almost ev cry species of game bird this has bee a decided of year" and that rare happens two consecutive seasons.
 Yours very truly.
 CECIL FRENCH.