The Portland daily press., 1892-07-11

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NH. CLEVELAND LEAVES GRAY GABLES
Four days out of five, when the weather
will permit, he puts out from Gray Gables
in the trim, we'll built Bertha, and tacks
up and down the bay for miles, never
wearying in the pursuit of finny prizes.
The chances even now, in this period of
political stir, are two to one that caller
will find Mr.. Cleveland out fishing"
I" 7 have seen Mr.. Cleveland catch as
many as seventy-fve bluefish in a day
right about here, lacking back and
forth.''
So spoke Skipper Eldridge, who has
sailed Mr.. Cleveland as much as any man
about here
Mr.. Cleveland's great fishing chums
during his stay at Buzzard's Bay are
"Joe" Jefferson and his son Charley, the
circus man. The members of the Monu-
ment Fishing Club, at the head of Butter
milk Bay, and of the club on Tobey
Island rarely visit Gray Gables, and
although their number includes such well
known Boston gentlemen as j. Lewis
Stackpole, the ex-president does not
seem to care for their society. The same
is true of the majority of the wealthy
eottagers in the neighborhood, who go
fishing frequently down the bay or in the
ponds about it, but scarcely ever with
Mr.. Cleveland. The Jeffersons, however,
are out with him constantly and never
tire OF sounding his praise as painstak-
ing and sagacious catcher of fish.
I met, says correspondent of the New
York Herald, Boston gentleman who
belongs TO one of the fishing clubs here.
He wore the regulation fishing attire
plaid jacket, blue trousers, very narrow
at the ankles, and an English cloth cap.
he was SO busily engaged casting his line
from the railroad bridge that he hardly
saw me, but recognized him, not only as
q man of wealth, but as one of the most
successful fishermen in Massachusetts.
"What luclc?" asked.
No luck at ali, !" he&1umbled.
"Why, I hear Mr.. Geveland caught
twenty eight striped bass this morning
not far from this poins.''
The man who told you that is a cham
pion Liar. will bet you or Mr.. Cleveland,
either, $4,000 that therea are not twenty
eight striped bass in this whole con-
founded bay. They might as well tell
you that Grover Cleveland went out and
waxed his Line and~spdt on his bait and
pulled up. tweuty- eight twenty dollar
gold pieces. Yen newspaper people make
me tired teinnesabout Cleveland's catch
ing SO many ash."
"But don't you think him great fish
ermanP'
'He is great for ballast; bat he can't
hook up bass or b3uefish where there
aren't any, can he?
GDO uop auv,v,oao Mr. T1oyoIarJ ms,
catch fish better than I. cen just because
he hasbeen president? He fishes just like
any other man, and there isn't any mys-
terry about it,"
The more my Boston friend talked on
If 1t was piece of rank injustice to him
dent's fame as fisherman should be
spread abroad.
In preparing for his fishing expeditions
Mr.. Cleveland never thinks of DOMINIC
any special costume, ordinary rough
clothes and flannel shirt being quite
good enough for him. The consequence
OF this free and easy way of dressing was
that on one occasion several years ago the
ex- president was mistaken by fashion
able sporting amateur recently arrived
for one of the local boatmen. They were
both out one morning after bottom fish
of Bdal's Ledge, which is one of Mr..
Cleveland's favorite fishing grounds.
The master of Gray Cables wore a SLOUGH
hat ane an oiiskin coat, but he hauled in
founders and soup in manner which
aggravated the jauntily dressed stranger.
Hello there, boatman?" he finally
called out "What will you take for
your ifshf"
won't sell 'ern," was the answer.
swell, what do you want to take me
out fishing tomorrow"
Enjoying the joke, Mr.. Cleveland re-
can't make any engagement except
by the season. Will you give me as much
as have earned year,"
The stranger laughed and condescend-
ingiy oomplimented the boatman on his
ability to drive bargain.
You're sharp fellow, but you're a
id fine fisherman and Ill accept your
terms. How much did you earn?1
GAS near as might be 81 900 week. I
was President of the United States"
Mrs. Cleveland very seldom goes out in
the boat when her husband is after fish.
partly because she does not care for the
sport and partly because Mr.. Cleveland
has a deep conviction that woman's
proper sphere lies elsewhere than at the
end OF a fish line. Besides that he used
to have an idea that women cannot catch
fish -..---