The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-29
A SACRED FISHING GROUND.
rgr MiGNIfICENT SPORT IN THE
uiTERs or RiRITIN Bay.

n.rr with the rxcei.ior.- on the Tide
c..r with - Bont-In with the Fish-Awny
,,h the sew Jer.cymen-t ndcr the Foam
ing surr-tp with the Flag OF tho free'
Tho Sacred Fishing Ground is n name
.,von half mile Of stakcd water in Raritan
- fronting the Excelsior club house at HUI
s.ono, Staten Island. The club is one OF the
s.,I.s, ON tho shore Of the bay. II numbers
.n,onv iis members such men us Col. c.
NIX Ioc.rr B. L. Gafncy. James II.
r,leman Joseph VI. Godfrey. Alonzo Boese.
many Sn,.paugh. John n Brady. Nor
.an / OBrien Peter V. Hickey. Richard V.
uorne,t Henry =. Wallace and David :. Knox.
ur Lawrence b. Kerr IL its President The
,lub house ia an Anticipated cottage embowered
in waving applc-trces. tall flagstaff. sur
,rounted by huge goldfish. stands in front OF
he door This fish is said to have been cap
,ured by Mr.. Wallace while fishing. fast asleep
in A boat on the edge OF tho channel.
,,srry banner ever floats above the whispering
truit trees and bright colored Mexican ham
,nooks swing from the leafy branches. mu-
,,cal surf washes the beach a few rods AWAY.
The yard Is filed with poultry. Red-legged
mrkeys stalk through the high grass. and
plumed peacock necessarily prophesies rain.
Tho club protects its fisheries with Jealous
care. There is no reciprocity treaty with tho
sriddle-footed Jerseymen OF the opposite
shore. After hard fight in the courts all tho
,yke and pound nets have been removed. and
the silyery wcakilsh. playful toadhsh ana Tub
berly skate skirmish along the edge OF the eel
grass without annoyance. On Friday. Fish
Commissioners Neil Bryant and Edward
Mather and Prof. VIM. Baird OF the Eighteenth
Ward Smithsonian Institute paid visit to the
III. ltt.itl. Hala lpt
rods and ak dozen shedder crabs at 1925 per
dozen President Kerr received the guests and
,hedder crabs with great eclat. The Commits
sloners were shown to private rooms by MIR.
Boese. a gentleman with q corporation resem-
bling marrowfat pea. He arraycd them in
overalls and striped shirts. and they wrote their
names upon the register. How il the fishing
since the ruthless Jerscymen were driven
back 2" asked Commissioner Bryant.
Magnificent" exclaimed President Kerr
hrning over the leaves Of the register. " lor
know all the members write down the time
tide, and number OF fish caught each day Se'
here"
,pe pointed TO the register. The figures wer'
highly encouraging. Prof Bairds eyei
sparkled with anticipation. and the Commits
sioners began TO oil up their reels. colore,
servant was sent to give the shedders drink
and the company again inspected the books
The entries were something like the following
Tbwsiav Julg % is7s.-Hickey, Knox. and Dolan II
boat Caught a. weakhsh aud II bluensh. Time, sun
W.,in,siay Jsiy ~ ISIS -Boese and Knox Caught .
wtakhsh and IA bluehsh. Time, - Tide, middle O
The dood
T.ssiay July "a 1879 GAfney alone. 62s wcakAsh an
m oyster IN twenty minutes Tide. to = stake
s 's sssssf. sSs i66 5l"e.S sSd IL fSsd.6 fine mid
night Tide, more or less
tBandap, Juh ~. 1878 Wallace Hickey. and Cochran
Caught III weAkhsh III spanish mackere and Ill blue
esh' Time, II. Tide T. II. ~
Saturday, Jnls 40 is7s.-knox. Caught cold from
Black bOtue that lad been lett open Time
eOuble. Tide. both ways
Tus--hnexed diagram will give An idea OF tn
choice spots on the Sacred Fishing Grounds