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Show I "-" THE COMPETITION enR GAME , To the mon who likes to get out j In tho woods with n gun, tho pres-I pres-I ent Bportlng opportunities seem prct-I prct-I ty limited. Ho may remember when ' ho could walk two nnd threo miles and got n full bng. Today It may ' seem n tlresomo and expensive Jaunt by railway. 1 Thero are two Interests competing for tlio gnmo supply. Tho first Is J tho genulno sportsman. To him the: killing Is only nn Incident. It Is a competition between his acquired! skill and tho Inborn Instincts ot bird nnd boast. Theso Instincts aro so Infinitely subtllo that the mnn Is nt n disadvantage. Only through long oxperlenco and practlco can he win. This makes tho effort fascinating fascin-ating nnd tantalizing. Succoss bring? elation. Incidentally tho open air means physical tonic and oxhlla'a-Hon.. Tho real enemy of gamo Is the opt huntor. To him a. song bird that pro-tccts pro-tccts tho crops from pestg makos as good plo ns any other. He works mostly for mnrkcts nnd hotels that pay extravagant prices for tho succulent suc-culent titbits of tho woods. Hunting for tho market Ih n temptation temp-tation to men of roving Instincts nnd vagrant habits to quit regular employments. em-ployments. With tholr dally bread depending on tholr gun, tho covers nro swept clean. Tho pot hunter threatens to end shooting as a national na-tional sport. Hunting can not contlnuo with much satisfaction to nny ono unloss shooting for tho market Is closoly limited or forbidden. Let tho pot hunter go to work llko othor peoplo at moro regulnr employments. Hli fnmlly wilt bo better oft. Tho Instinct In-stinct for hunting for sport Is normal nor-mal and Is worth encouraging. It brings health and diversion to millions mil-lions of men. It provldos nn element of zeBt for tho llfo of tho farmer and all living Ip wooded and marshy districts, dis-tricts, it Is tlmo to stop tho extinction extinc-tion of many declining varieties of wild llfo. Theso varieties havo lit-tlo lit-tlo fear from tho true sportsman who realizes tho nccosslty of strict gamo laws, and Is willing to glvo game tho chnnco to replenish Itself. |