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HOW GENTLEMEN SPORTSMEN REGARD AUTOMATIC AND PUMP GUNS

Each one of the following organizations, chiefly clubs of gentlemen sportsmen, have adopted strong resolutions condemning the use of automatic guns in hunting, and either requesting or recommending the enactment of laws against their use: 

New York Zoological Society ...  Henry Fairfield Osborn, President
The Camp-Fire Club of America ...  Daniel C. Beard, President
Boone and Crockett Club ...  W. Austin Wadsworth, President
New York State Fish, Game and Forest League ... 81 Clubs and Associations
New York Association for the Protection of Fish and Game
     ...  Alfred Wagstaff, President
Lewis and Clark Club ...  John M. Phillips, President
League of American Sportsmen ...  G.O.  Shields, President
Wild Life Protective Association ...  W.T.  Hornaday, President

WHERE AUTOMATIC GUNS ARE BARRED OUT BY LAW

PENNSYLVANIA, 1907
NEW JERSEY, 1912
SASKATCHEWAN, 1906
NEW BRUNSWICK, 1907
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1911
ONTARIO, 1907
MANITOBA, 1909
ALBERTA, 1907
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 1906

SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS WHEREIN THEY ARE BARRED BY CODES OF ETHICS AND RULES

Adirondack League Club, New York
Blooming Grove Park Hunting and Fishing Club, Penn. 
Greenwing Gun Club, Ottawa, Ill. 
Western Ducking Club, Detroit, Minn. 
Bolsa Chica Club, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Westminster Club, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Los Patos Club, Los Arigeles, Cal. 
Pocahontas Club, Va. 
Tobico Hunting Club, Kawkawlin, Mich. 
Turtle Lake Club, Turtle Lake, Mich. 
Au Sable Forest Farm Club, Mich. 
Wallace Ducking Club, Wild Fowl Bay, Mich. 
Lomita Club, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Golden West Club, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Recreation Club, Los Angeles, Cal.

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A MODEL BILL TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF AUTOMATIC AND REPEATING SHOT GUNS IN HUNTING

Section 1.  It shall be unlawful to use in hunting or shooting birds or animals of any kind, any automatic or repeating shot gun or pump gun, or any shot-gun holding more than two cartridges at one time, or that may be fired more than twice without removal from the shoulder for reloading.

Section 2.  Violation of any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence; and the carrying, or possession in the woods, or in any field, or upon any water of any gun or other weapon the use of which is prohibited, as aforesaid, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this act.

The English 3-barrel “Scatter Rifle,” for Ducks.—­All gunners who find machine