Year: 1870

The regular monthly meeting OF the New
York sportsmen's Club held at the house OF Mr..
Royal Phelps the President When the regular business
OF the meeting over and at the lighter entertain
ment which followed, the health OF the President was
proposed and drunk with oil honOrs, TO which he
responded with the following interesting and instruct
OF the game laws and the past history OF the
Club In its efforts to protect game;


GENTLEMEN: 1 am indeed nattered by the enthusiastic
in which you have received this toast though
am not aware that have done anything in the dis
charge Of duties President OF this Club than any
Of you would have done under similar circumstance
But DO feel pride in the work all OF us engaged
in and look forward to the time when all New Workers.
well friends In the interior of the State, will
acknowledge that We have done good service To the


Gentiemen the time has come in this country a. It
later In all countries. when the
II sny proSf Tere Wanting for the truth Of this assertion
you will find in the recent enactment OF Game laws In
almost al the old settled states Of the Union. The
ecuton laws like all the habits OF


people, Ia surrounded with many difficulties and the
in the establishment of popular clubs like this OF
own and OF which there are from IL to 20 In different
cumstances OF our Club situated in midst Of this
great cythe metropolis of the country-we have it in
the rest put together; for you will all agree with
me that where d,s any particular kind Of game
to nominal and RSsShsrs and RsI
the city Tor the country large to sec to It that the
Club has done much in this direction past years no
one at all cognizant with the subject will deny The best
proof OF It, however Ia In the fact that brook trout
be procured ia this market at the present time
for love money nor Will they be procurable till the
open commences the first day Of March next
Therefore the gentlemen who, at great expense have
established trout preserves on Long Island and In the
Interior Of the State, may be satisfied that their trout
will not be disturbed by the pOaehers during the spawn
ing and the gentlemen OF New-York, who g
Of the nature OF trout will not be exposed 10 have
their cooks put these fish their table when they
unfit TO eat the meat Of the would be while suck
ling her calf hen while Matching her chokenA


Not the least OF the service which this Club has rend
cred tO the public is that OF nstructng the uninaed
had In possession !" In other words. what Is the
open and what Is tho closed for different kinds
OF game 1t knows now that every person having .
trout In his her possession between the lst day OF
September and the lst day Of March "a liable " ino
OF 81


That woodcock can only be killed or sold between the
tth day Of July and the Ist day Of January.


That quail only be killed or sold In this State be-
tween the 2Oth day OF October and the LIST day Of
January.


partrdges only killed sold In this State
between tho lst day OF september and the ls day OF
January though quail OF partridge may be sold In this
the seller prove they killed outside OF this state
and where no game laws prohibited said killing


That prairie chickens only bo sold In this State
between tho day OF July and tho lat day OF March,
and not even In the month OF February II the gano Laws
Of tho state from which they came prohibit tho killing


Another encouraging feature in our labor Is tho great
change which has taken place I'm public opinion IN regard
u tho obseryanee o the Game laws Formerly inc Geos
and restaurant kec wlu yioators of tho law
whereas at prcsent, find Jealous advocates ~ AL
nrstciass clubs and restaurants and among gentlemen
VINO have any pretensons To epicureanism tno same
feeling growing up. which exists In eli old countries
where the game preserved by laws, VIA thnt 70 uso
guests cat game out of season ID To insult them.
Gentlemen, have 10 thank you for The nDora Appro
priaton of $1,000 which you have placed In the hands of
the Executive Committee for payment OF detectives ana
may bo in our sllt we werc during tho
| past year,