The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
IIle BY MOTOR
GROWING POPULAR

1lvO - Of motor cara by
y A1d dxhcrrnen. while of ire
49, advantage to sportsmeu. il
- ~ SERIOUS new problems for
- uvAuontst In the old davs
- ~ Important outing ana DIE
Mo&tAk1nE for a party OF hunters 20
0ks q trip into the woods where
4x could be found. II epuaied the
nunkfnG Of tent and other cam pin &;
- $780, e. s.-sA Z ony El,Tlln ~.
- To make the extensive prepare
- worth while. Now party or
1ters with their guns can climb
- m automobile before dawn, drive
~ or siyty miles mo the woods anj
1Ape have 8 deer before break
F>ursherrnorc. through the me-
- OF the motor car. vast stretches
4hN renioter forests which. form
~ acted more or less in the ca
1ty OF sAnctuaries for tho rreSerTa~
- Of q breeding stock Of game. haYe
- thrown open 20 the huner.
The nufnher Of automobiles now
ued by sportsmon car only be 4ppre-
1nk3d by one who has counted the
aomxM on one of the main highways
49nf1ng into some such famous hunt
- ground rs the Adirondack Noun
e19. In the open season q constant
8QAn paSses alonE euCh HIGHWAYS
lid With men whose costume i- an
NogtAkAbiy that OF the hunter, Were
NEN to follow these cars on tseir wav
- should find them Stopping at
9Avcrife hunting grounds sometimes
Mailing at the cabin Of q guide and
aoEne drawn M along the roadside AZ I
me- edge CT the woods
Il Il Is not only the privileged hunter
"a big game who MACS use oe the
Mutono biie for sport the rabbit num-
E1r or the partridge hun er, equally
Nth the deer hunter. nov relics upon
~ car To carry bin to the hunting
EEound. IN tbs way the motor car *
nnocentiy responsible for the killing
U8 more game than was posi- bile be i
Engc It's advent In those days the
&unter and his dos would tramp from
- village in the morning and would
ramp back at night without having
covered more thar ten or twelve
&niles or territory Nowadays half a
4oxen village sportsuen and their
ooks win gee aboard the faithful bus /
Md whizx away TO a distant cover
phare rartridges are known 10
14cund. In d comparatively short
~ back again at the car ready to be
f1aed another teQ or twelve miles,
necAEsaSg. to fresh fields
n Just the same way, the fisherman
~ enjcy his sport throughout a
HScA wider area. as result OF the
gfskAnce be gets from his auto
obd1e- In the old days. he would
E4vo TO some farm house upon the
KMk OF his favorits stream where he
e0uld tie his horse in the barn and 40
18th to spend the balance of tha day
Ad1ng through pools and rapids.
AIT now he can 70 three times rs far.
he wishes, before he even starts 20
III. and then, If results are not what
" thinks they might be, ne has
&1ar0ly to start UT his car and oe off
- whip another stream.
B Then there is the Illegal hunter OF
Mflifui vioIafor OF the game laws who
eaeory or To help him escape the
Mnikhment OF the law. The Jack
- Of deer upon ! ghways at night
means OF autom ohiie headlights
- come 10 be a very serious cues
an where deer abound II. In for
Gt6d regions, a deer happens to be
en1sing the road as An automobile
oprcaches, ne becomes dazzled by
N light and stands motionless ia his
oEkE. In spite of the fact that both
cking deer ana shooting On high
&MyA are contrary TO lAw, there Is
1any a ga-rre-aos who w1ll slaughter
M mntioniess deer. According 70
ID testimony OF game protectors,
my = carcass of deer illegally killed
been FTnuggled away from the
01np8 in trunks on motor cara
All OF these facts nave deveioped
4W problems III the conservation OF
r States wild life resources. rndi-
0efly the &utom obtle has necs ssitat ed
Moulded efforts Of game protection
"a propagation. IN order thai our
DO6s and waters may continue 10
lid their quota OF port and food