Evening journal., 1913-07-21
SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT
FOR GAME
President Of American Pro-
teCtive Association Believes
Good Will Follow Arrests
Here
APPROVES OF THE
STATE LICENSE LAW

The arrest of many offenders
against the game laws Of Delaware
within the past eight days by repre-
sentatives of the Board of Fish and
Game Commissioners, acting under
the guidance of experts furnished by
the American Game Protective and
Propagation Assooition Of New York
City. has brought forth the statement
from President John b. Burnham, OF
the Asso iation, that something akin
to soientho manasement can be ap-
Piled TO game protection. Mr. Burn
ham preoicts that other sister States
which have D aoed their protective
departments on the basis adyucat d
by the American Association.
"Tho day OF haphazard work by
. inoxr e.lencsd and inefficient men 10
l.c-D-Lng the wiid nie OF the coun-
try rs rapiu y PASSING. M my opinion, ?
sad Nm hurnnam, lu discahsing tn-
results tnat scientific OF ganizition
has achieved in DeiaWare.
Our A. soCiadon. which Is the ma
: tional oieanl2ation ot the tpoitsmen
OF the Jn.ted hta e.. he tununu d.
lis auvo aung a metnod of orsanlza
ton and instruction OF the protective
forces of TINS country that Is ha5ol
on long practical experience ana
which rJouCes the work as nearly %
an exact science as can be. We nave
stan OF wcll-traincd warden5
which 10 az the service of any STATE
that wishes expert hep ITS mem
bers are pi-keu men wno lervod on
the New \ ork protective iorce uurii s
the time / was deputy commissioner.
They can follow the trail oi the sea
soned cttendor as peraistonty and an
intelligently as a hound pursuea a
fox and they are thor oughly expert
enced in all OF the false trails and
other wiles that characterize these
. gentry
Delaware furnishes an excellent ea-
ample Of tho results that can hc achiev-
cd under the new system. Recently. our
association was called m ior assistance
/ by President Edward c. Bradford, lr.
OF the Board of Fish and Game Com.
missionors in placing the force Of that
state on an effective basis. The expert
we sent made a thorough studv Of the
-kitnation. md drew up a detailed plan
of organization which has been followed
almost to The letter DR. T. s. Palmer
,of tho Biological Survey, of the United
States Department of Agriculture glnd
~ lent his aid and even went over q
Dover 10 conduct the ornithologicli Tnt
of the searching examination that Ap-
plicants for wardcns pos. .tona were re-
quired 10 have under the new system.
''Whcn the force o. wardons had thus
heen chosen our expert went ont with
Tho new appointoes to give them pracf
tical instruction in going abnut their
work. The result Of this Is the large
haul of offenders The majority of those
apprchcndel were charged with fishing
in the Delaware aud chesapeake CnnN
Nithout a license. This anrt Of thmg
had been going ON for yeats under the
Old system but il Is a safe wager that
81 win be reduced 90 a minimum from
.ncw on
"sinco the licensing of hunters has he
iror,o almost universal m this country.
spcrtsmen oo that itl is their money
that ia p'vin- for the protection OF
uamc and thcv arc nsistfng on rcsult-
These can be obtained only hy hiving
crctcrtivo forces crganizcd on tcicn-
ffc basis and absolutely divorced from
roitics. That IS the sort of protection
fhat our association stand for ! think
/ SEQ q grclt awakening on this sub
acct ON the plrt of the real -portsmen
~ the country. and if ! ann right I'M my
Reduction. t !. certain that we hall Wit
-ncss a gratifying advance in method
of game law enforcement within the
next few years