Outing . rTHEWORlOF* -SPORT. THE LAW AND THE SPORTSMAN IN view of the forward movement ingame protection in most other partsof the country it is to be regrettedthat New York State should have ap-peared in so doubtful a role at the pres-ent session of the legislature. Two billswere introduced that, if passed, wouldhave meant almost irreparable injury tolegitimate sport. One was to permit thehounding of deer in the Adirondack^and the other to allow the spring shoot-ing of ducks on Long Island. Bothwere defeated, but the latter passed theState senate and lacked only ten votes ofsuccess in the low
Outing . rTHEWORlOF* -SPORT. THE LAW AND THE SPORTSMAN IN view of the forward movement ingame protection in most other partsof the country it is to be regrettedthat New York State should have ap-peared in so doubtful a role at the pres-ent session of the legislature. Two billswere introduced that, if passed, wouldhave meant almost irreparable injury tolegitimate sport. One was to permit thehounding of deer in the Adirondack^and the other to allow the spring shoot-ing of ducks on Long Island. Bothwere defeated, but the latter passed theState senate and lacked only ten votes ofsuccess in the lower house. That such a measure should havecome so near to passage is an indicationof a spirit in the New York legislaturethat should cause lovers of wild gamegreat uneasiness. The arguments ad-vanced in support of this bill were theold ones, familiar by long use. A duckkilled in the spring is a dead duck anda dead duck only. So runs the argu-ment. This utterly ignores the fact that tokill birds at the beginning of the breed-i
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