TI1U!'-;.-TJ3/n- 2. 1958 The Guardian Page 7

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Lou TAKES A I=ALL

Bad boy of the NHL, Ranger defenceman, Leapin’ Lou Fon- tinato finds the world cold and

SPORT FORUM

hard as he bounces to the ice dur-

ing a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Go Carefully On Pheasant

Re - Stocking

Slr,—In the Guardian under date of December 26 a letter was published u n d e r the heading: ‘Fish and Game Ass’n Answers Hunters Letter’ and signed E. G. Acorn. Sect. Treasurer, Queens County Branch, P.E.I. Fish and Game Association. This letter was

. in reply to one written on Dec-

ember 20th and signed Frank Burke.

A paragraph in this letter war- rants corriment: “We also have a comment from Dr. George Fisher, Chief of Veterinary Ser- vices (Iof P.E.I.) he says. There is little or no danger associated with the dissemination of disease in this programme (namely- the Fish and Game Pheasant Pro- gram) Dr. Fisher also felt the programme was well set up, and in the end would be a benefit to the building up of our Phea- sant population on the Island."

I do not profess to be an au- thority , on diseases affecting wildlife but have knocked around the Great Outdoors long enough to know that birds or animals do not suddenly die in thousands al- most over night without a cause. In my opinion we needed a phea- sant re-stocking programme a- bout as much as a waggon need- ed a fifth wheel.

In 1955, the year prior to the programme’s introduction, our pheasant population hit a new high despite an open season from Oct. 1st to November 11th and for three years a daily bag" limit of 5 (either hens or cocks). There was plenty of birds left for seed at seasons close and they wintered well. There was 3 nor- mal crop of young birds in evi- dence in May and June judged from personal sight and reports from farmers.

Programme

They were not present on Oct- ober 1st in normal numbers — down approximately 75 per cent — and their disappearance coin- cided with the release of approx- imately four thousznd pen-raised pheasants in late summer and early fall (1956). On the whole they were a trashy lot. There was a small percentage of passable specimens in the release but the bulk of them were small and lac- king in vitality. Some were de- formed, clubfooted and’ crooked necked, with nothing between their ears but a vacuum.

Despite favourable weather for weeks following this release, warm with the odd light show- er, tliey failed to survive in any worthwhile numbers — a scant 10 per cent. Groups of four and five were hound dead within few feet of each other.

The sponsors of such a pro- gramme most certainly lacked knowledge of the ethics of selec- tive or line breeding or such infer- ior stock would never have been set down among a stand of phea. saiits which, in both numbers and quality, were second to none in the North American continent. The Game Association contends that disease associated with the released stock was not a factor in the general pheasant decline that followed on the heels of the planting. It was purely a co-inci- dence. Was it a co-incidence that brothers and sisters of. the re- leased birds, kept oyer as breed- ing stock for 1957, were ordered destroyed, both them and their progeny, by the Department con- cerned, due to an outbreak of di- sease the following spring (1957)?

Gas was the method used and there were no exceptions.

The investigation which follow-

Former Cleve-Icind Pitcher Is In Critical Condition .

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -—Don‘ Black, who has survived some tough battles, is fighting an- other at the age of 40. .

He was brought to a hospital here. after a highway accident Saturday. Surgery was neces- sary, as he had suffered numer- ous head injuries and cuts. He fill is on the critical list.

Black was a pitching S_iaI‘ 1'01‘ the Cleveland Indians in 19‘_l7 after making a comeback, but in September of the following year —when the Tribe was flghtlng gvery step of the way toward a pennant—-he suddenly collapsed at the plate one day and later 8 brain operation was Performed- That cut short his pitchlng C3‘ reer.

State police said Black appar- ently lost control of his car Satur- day when he suffered a faiting spell.

The year 1947 was the peak of Black’s career. The V931‘ b9f°1_'° he failed to win a game at Mil- waukee. At the urging of l’res1- dent Bill Veeck, the pitcher

joined Alcoholics Anonymous be- fore the 1947 season opened, and his rejuvenation gave him a sec- ond career. Later he freely ac- knowledged his debt to AA.

He pitched a no-hitter against the Athletics, who then were basedin Philadelphia, on July 10, 1947. In 1948 he was used only as a “spot” pitcher and on Sept. 13 he came to the plate in the sec- ond inning, fouled off a pitch, complained of a headache, and slumped to the ground. LAPSED INTO COMA

For days he was in a coma and on the critical list. After his re- lease from the hospital further examinations indicated a brain operation was necessary, and it was performed in December.

Meanwhile the Indians had held a benefit game for him, raising a fund of about $40,000. In the spring of 1949 the surgeons pro- nounced him well enough to play. But it soon became apparent that he was not strong enough to con- tinue. His major league standing was 34 wins and 55 losses.

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Lou and his teammates dumped the Leafs 5-2.

ed indicated that ducks were re- sponsible for carrying the virus that spread to the pheasants. As a result I heard members of the Game Association criticize the hatchery management at Tryon for hatching eggs other then from pheasants. This is a Commercial hatchery and handles eggs from duck-s, geese, hens and turkeys. In. view of the foregoing I was same members state they re solidly behind the contempl ted greatly surprised to hear these re-stocking program for 1958 (If the department concerned sanc- tions same) to wit: the purchase of several thousand pheasant eggs and distributing them to far- mers for hatching.

There are ducks on almost ev- ery farm in the country or is it just the Tryon ducks that are car- riers of a virus disease?

I understand that a letter was written to the MacFarlane Bros., Jvanesville, Wis., complaining a- bout the quality of the initial breeding stock shipped to the pro- vince dealing specifically with the presence of club foot with which some birds were allegedly afflic- ted. I have been told by persons who stated they had read the re- ply that the explanation was: “If we had known the birds were going to be utlized as breeding stock we'd have shipped a better quality pheasant. .. . " I wonder of the Sect-treasurer Mr. Acorn is able to throw any light on this angle of the situation. I

The importation of pheasant eggs for hatching purposes ,,was tried out by the Game Associa- tion about 20 years ago when one thousand dollars was voted to pur- chase pheasant eggs from Que- bec and have them hatched and reared to release age at the Ex- perimental Farm, Mt. Edward Road. -As usual I was the one who opposed this scherue. To quote my exact words: “You’ll throw away a thousand dollars and have nothing to show for it but a headache”. How true. If the Game Association members who were involved in this tran- saction forget about how the pro- ject back-fired I haven’t. There is a reciprocal arrangement be- tween pheasants and domestic poultry . — each is capable of transmitting disease to the other.

I have been accused as being a champion monkey wrench thrower wit h respect to pheasant re-stocking. In this respect I am governed by a firm belief in what I stand for and am not mo- tivated by personal feelings. Ov- er 30 years ago I was engaged in hatching pheasant eggs under brown leghorn hens and allow- ing them free range. I also kept close tabs on the survival rate, \etc. of course that was long be- fore some of the present crop of pheasant enthusiasts were on the rounds. I wish to remind Frank Burke that it was not the Game Association but private cit- izens with money from their own pockets who introduced Phea- sants and Hungarian partridge to this province; Pheasants in 1917 and Huns in 1929 If‘ he has enjoyed excellent upland game bird hunting let him givecredit where credit is due.

Any r e s u l t s achieved so far with the pheasant re-stocking pro- gram is on the debit side of the Ledger. The daily bag limit on pheasants reduced for 5 to 3 and on Huns from 8 to 5. Pheasants are reduced to a mere shadow of their numbers in 1955 — that's no news, it's common knowledge. Sportsmen are asking the ques- tion: It is co-incidence that our Hun population hit A record low in 1956? '

I am convinced that the surest and safest way to -bring our phea- sants back to their former plen- _titude is to leave them on their own. There is sufficient breeding stock tucked away in out of the way pockets to bring them back in goodly numbers in 4 or 5 years. If -they suffer another loss like they did in 1956. . . a loss that bordered on being a major wildlife disaster— pheasant hunt- ing in this province may be writ- ten off for twenty years.

I am S-ir.. etc., ' J. S. JENKINS Editor Hunters‘ Corner.

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