The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-14
SPORTSMEN HEAR GOOD TALK BY
 SENATOR PENN
W. K. Nolan New President of Fish / and Game Club.
MIR. KELLY'S SUGGESTION

At the meeting of the Fairfield County Fish and Game Protective As sociation last evening State Senator E. Hart F'enn of Wethersfield was pres ent and explained to the members the work that has been done and is being done by the State Fish and Game com
 mission of which he is .the chairman. A business meeting preceded the ar rival of Senator Fenn during which the election of officers for the coming year took place and resulted as fol- lows: President. W. K. Nolan; vice. president. Frank Wiles; secretary and treasurer. A. J. Williamson: chairman of the fish committee George Eckart; chairman of the game committee. Den his Kelly: chairman of the legislation committee. T. M. Adams: chairman of the publicity committee. Earl A. Lewis.
 After the committee of two had es- corted the newly elected president and Senator Fenn to the hall, the latter began his address. The new game laws are to be published in pamphlet form and 10000 copies will be dis tr1buted to all those in the State who hold hunters licenses.
 Hereafter each license shall date from the. beginning of the calender year. Formerly a license was good from the day on which it was taken out to the same date year later. Now license obtained in the fall will expire at the end of December. The commissioner said that most of his time of late had been spent in in spect1ng hatcheries and appointing laws.
 Many fool bills. and the commits sioner believed that to be the most apt term. had been killed at the last session of the legislature. The Con- necticut law in regard to licenses has been adopted by the State of Mas5a- chusetts. There are now about 10000 holders Of licenses in the State each paying $1.25 for the privilege This money is being used chiefly in stock Hungarian partridge. bird that would oner as excellent hunting as the quail. At present the law prohibits the shoot ing Of these imported Spartridges until October 1, 1910. So far the experiment Of bringing these birds here has been favorable. but this winter their ability 70 withstand the rigors of the weather IS to be observed. It is hoped that they will be better able to endure sleet storms than have the quail. In arising rom the ground the Hungarian par tr1dges bunch together. thus affording better shot than does a covey of sible.
 Quail is now abundant in Hartford, Middlesex and Holland counties. but the law limiting the hunter to a da to one gun and to 36 for the season is still in force. The woodcock flight of last fall which was remarkable in size may be repeated this season Commis- sioner Tenn concluded by saying that he had the utmost faith in sportsmen. for they could not be otherwise than good citizens
 Former Alderman Dennis Kelly then suggested that some effort be made by the State to secure lands in the coun- try that would be open to all hunters. At present much of the good hunting ground was posted either by the own CT, or by some individual hunter who had secured the privilege by paving the farmers taxes. This seemed an excellent point and Senator Tenn promised to investigate and see what could be done. An informal discussion then took place in regard to the best method of caring for the partridge and quail during the winter months. Sena- tor Tenn urged that some grit be placed in the food troughs in the country districts when the birds were fed. as it was essential.
 Former Mayor Frank E. Clarke and William Peck told of some of their past experiences in the field. The meeting then adjourned and the mem bers and guests betook themselves to the Algonquin club where an, excellent dinner had been prepared.