The Detroit times., 1911-02-11
THE CITY
MAN ~
LEFT OUT.

bulk OF urban population.
Let the rich man and the farmer
fight II out is the prevailing atu-
tude
For hunting and fishing. In this era
OF advanced civilization, have become
sports open TO but two classes-the
one represented by the man who can
command the time and money for
trips to the places where game still
, abounds. and the other by the one
who owns wild land or lives in its
proximity.
In the flood of mail dumped on my
desk yesterday was one which wasn't
solution OF a baseball puzzle or a
piece of automobile press matter IL
was a letter from j. @. Apthorpe, or
Dewitt. Mich. and II offered sew
| eral suggestions for game protection.
Mr.. Apthorpe isn't known person
ally TO the writer, but he has some
ideas that will set the theorists TO
thinking. He believes that II is alb
surd 10 charge the man with the will
low pole the same rod license paid
by the man with the $40 outfit. He
laughs ut the law that would tax
alike the village boys four-dollar
single-barrel and an exemplification
of the gunmakers' latest arts that
cost its possessor $500. He wants TO
know why, IL 1t was a good thing TO
prohibit deerhunting with dogs II
isn't just as logical to pit the skill
OF a man against that of bird and
allow the hunter no canine assist
ance. He believes the farmer could
tell more about sensible game protec-
ton than the city legislator for whom
he, by the way, entertains no great
esteem.
There Is logic in every one of Mr..
Apthorpe's theories, but, so far as
action goes, we will unquestionably
have TO daily along with the question
until II solves itself in Michigan. as
Il has in every stretch of country
that has become thickly settled. Aside
from an absolute closed season. the
one effective game law is that which
prohibits the sale OF game and It's
shipment out OF the state. Given
this, the protection of all small game
will be adequately taken care OF by
the American farmer. who is already
operating the biggest game preserve
In Michigan, and will soon extend its
borders so that IL will cover about
everything outside the limits Of our
cities and villages.
1t has taken the farmers OF the
state a long time to acquire realiza-
ton of their hunting rights, but they
are fast coming to II now. Trespass
signs are multiplying. and, behind
them. the quail and rabbit find shell
ter. The farmer has an unquestioned
right to reserve his land for his own
sport, and that OF his friends, renting
the shooting privilege il he chooses. He
owns that land and he is the one
who, during the heavy SHOWS, car
ries the wild things their emergency
ration and leaves ii near the cover
he has prepared against the wintry
blast that causes the greatest mortal
ity OF iall
The city-dweller of the not far dis
tant future will have TO do his shoot
ing on land that he owns or leases.
His fishing will come in the same way
unless he is near a navigable stream
or a large lake II the last Is his lot,
he will have lean picking at the best
unless the laws against the use OF
spears, nets and explosives are better
enforced than they have been in the
past.
With 5000 globes lighting the ". b.
bowling TO smash them all, at any
rate.
Cleveland rejoices at the fact that
its three southpaws will possibly tame
the Tigers. I wonder IL they know,
over there, that, in their three pen
nant years, the Tiges won bigger
percentage OF games from left-hand-
ers than from the conventional style
of heaving.
Fire in Atlanta recently razed the
garage of Asa Gambler, Jr., OF sum-
rner beverage fame Three racing au-
tomobiles were destroyed, but Asa, who
was inside, escaped. Personal expert
ence in Atlanta leads strongly to the
belief that the citizens OF the town
would have been pleased, had the de-
struction and escape been reversed.
There is. one must admit, limit
in the propriety of advising baseball
magnates how to conduct their affairs.
An instance is the stipend which the
American league pays Ban Johnson.
To us that seems a matter TO be de.
termined entirely by Bans employers.
Make IL 100000 year and We
shan't care.
Simpson Loses to Evangelical.
The Simpson M. r. FIVE in their
first game of the season met defeat