New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-29
TROUT MUST BE EATEN on LONG ISLAND

EFFECT OF THE NEW GAME LAw-FuLToN
MARKETS ANNUAL EXHIBITION POSTPoNhp'
After the circus the trout show In Fulton Market
The gaudy band wagon. the animals. the homa"
charot and the spanged procession OF riders are mare
By the multitudes In the metropolis as the hf~' ""'
mistakablc signs that the backbone oil the WHIT
IS broken, The trout show Is regarded as second
and convincing evidence that the time has come 70
embalm tie frlned overcoat I'm camphor ana 10
brush I'D last summers light suit for another cam
palen These last preparations will have to De de-
layed this year, and consequently " NAV De sho ''
spring opens two weeks late. People VIII mol Sec
the annual trout exhibition I'm Fulton Market this year
until April 10. This Is because there Is a eh""s
in IRE date Of opening the front season In this state
In the new law which takes effect this spring.
Formerly the season opened April l. The follow
ing from the new law indicates the dates III whrh
1t will lie lawful to catch brook trout In this t'e
Trout close season-Trout OF any kinh snail o'
fshei for caught killed or possessed bc'weeh u "rs
dav OF September the fifteenth day OF April fo'""g
exce as provided by lG6 and In Spring Brook
CreeL sitated in the counties OF Monroe and Livingston
trout shall bc shed for, caught or taken oc."ce inv
first day Of September and the first day OF April ioo"nt
and except in the Of Lake George where the same
shall not be lshcd for between the mt ua' VI 'cPc'
and the first day Of May.
speclal provisions 10 Kings, queens ana '".o
counties and Long Island sound.-ioo. ltou' 'o,
eason-Trout shall be hshei for caught k'ea' Soi'
or possessed between the hrst oay OF ocP'e"oo' anu VIZ
first day Of April following
In view Of possible MISUNDERSTANDING as TO when
tho dealers in this city would BE- permitted TO sell ana
exhibit trout, Mr.. +. q. Blsckord wrote to liomas
C,,h.rt counsel for the York Society for the
protecton Of Fish and Game. asking him specifically
whether trout caught out OF Long Island waters coua
be sold in this city on April l. Mr.. Cuthber' IN MS
reply said
IN ny Judgment the sal, Of trout caught Long
a 1.
I,r I,srd i.sef; AMI such cannot lawfully
be sod or possessed outside the limits OF Long Island
prior to the fifteenth IL the month ~ wOuid DC
far b,ur / think to have a uniform open and close
.ea,on for the whole Stae but we must take the l1w
as We find it, and 1 find 1t 10 be as above stated
"rrom this, said Mr.. Blackford yesterday at
would seem that citizens Of New York City VIII not
be permitted to purchase have In Their possession or
eat any trout before April Is, unless they cross the
East River TO the city Of Brooklyn In the county
Of Kings ShOnld any fortunate fisherman succeed
in catching a string OF trout in any OF the waters OF
Long sland and proceed to bring them across 'he
ferry and take them his home for the delectatlon
Of his family and friends. he is liable TO arrest and
The paymen OF a fine of $50 for each and every fish,
The above being the law and the facts in the case
will be impossible to hold the trout show IN fni'on
Market before April 5 II Will DO held on tha' da'e
There is considerable feeling manifested over the
law by fsl-dcalcrs In this city,. who think that the
fishing clubs ana owners OF private preserves VINO
succeeded In getting the exceptions In favor OF spring
R,ook Creek and Long Island were undnly favored by
the Legislature and the Codifcati4 Commission Whie
drew I'M the law. II Is expected that there VIII be
great rush OF anglers the ferries OF the East
River on saturday morning next Tor the ,rou'ine
ported unusually fine and plentiful ,hi, spring ana
disposed to rise readily There are NOT many g%m
on the island. but about the best are liarman's
River and Fire Place Creek IN suffolk County.
sporting clubs and individuals have cmptcd abOnt
All The best waters the largest and wcalthlest OF
these organizations being the soutisidc Club Of
Isp.