The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-24
HARRY E. CAVE Is
BOOSTING SPORTS
magazine Editor Of New York on
Missionary Jaunt in the West
Tells Of National
Movement
FOR GAME PROTECTION
Is one of Leading Authorities in coun-
try-fs lowan, Having Been
Born and Reared in
Burlington.

Harry E. Cave, editor in chief of
Recreation, well known New York
magazine published in New York City
and devoted to out of door diversions,
is in Iowa in the interest OF nation
al movement in which all hunters
should be interested He visited in
Des Moines several days ago, news
paper outlining the plan in the fol-
lowing story.
Promoting national federation of
the men interested in fish and game
protection, Edward Cave, editor of the
Recreation magazine, spent a few
hours in Des Moines last night, met
with some OF the local men and took
an early train east this morning for
Peoria. H.. where he will meet with
the State Association of Illinois Cave
is an Iowan, reared at Burlington, has
hunted and fished in most of the un-
known hooks of the country and for
the last fifteen years has applied him
self exclusively in writing out of doors,
five years of that time being with For
est and Stream and the latter part of
the time with Recreation. He was as
sistant editor for years. and three
years ago was made head of the mag
azine.
THE movement for the National
Federation of Hunters, for which
Cave is working at the present time.
was outlined by another Iowan, En-
erson Hough, who has always taken
a deep interest in affairs out OF doors.
Practically all of the out of doors
magazines are pushing the work of
the federation. and the men believe
that they have chance Of forming a
great state and possibly continent
wide association to help direct the
protection of fish and game and also
to see that the various states spend
their money honestly and intelligent
ly.
illinois is an example of how the
hunter is not taken care of and of
how state authorities can bungle
affairs, said Mr.. Cave, in talking of
the intentions of the federation. Illi-
the sportsmen of the state for the pro-
lection and propagation of fish and
game Possibly $4,000 of this
amount is spent for this purpose. and
this amount is virtually wasted It
is spent by the game wardens in buy
ing Hungarian pheasants and ring
neck pheasants at So a pair. These
birds are shipped to Illinois, are kept
on the farm for day or two until
they are rested, and then are sent
out to be liberated. They are not ac-
climated, they have not been used to
rustling for themselves, and the re-
suit is that before the first winter is
over the birds, which cost the state
$50 900, are represented by few
scattered pairs, If indeed any females
pass through the winter
"Mr. Cave, like most men who spend
part of their lives in the open, is a
crank In the subject Of sport. He does
not believe that fishing trip, In
which members of the party vie with
each other In the number OF game fish
they are able to catch, is real sport.
and believes that the biggest fish
competition Is also harmful to sport
He also believes that there is no
greater field for finding out the true
capabilities Of man, the true per-
sonality, than out In the open fields
and by the game fish streams.
Before coming to Des Moines Mr.
Cave appeared at meeting of the
sportsmen of Missouri and will speak
before the Illinois association today"