The sun., 1893-07-02

with people from New York on every warm
and fine Sunday. The number OF visitors to
them is as many as all the rest OF the wa
tering places along the Atlantic coast re-
ceive. The beaches aredilled with bnthers
and the bays with boatmen and fish
ermen. oil eager to take advantage OF
the opportunity for sport offered by the
holiday. Excursion trains move in rapid
succession. the excursion steamboats, are
numerous. and the outflow from town Is far
| greater than on all the other days OF the
week together. 1t Is day OF sport and OF
festivity for hundreds OF thousands OF the
people OF New York. including the very
best part OF the population. the religious.
the orderly. the law-abidlng. and the con-
| scientious 1t is the only day when they
| are free for the pursuit OF pleasure, and
| when country vacation Is possible for them.
whether they be rich or poor.
This vast Sunday exodus. zoo. is accom-
panied with very little disturbance. The
people generally enjoy themselves ration
| ally: and one Of the amusements most
popular with them is fishing. 1t is n
recreation within reach OF them all,
for 1t can be pursued at small cost.
and expertness is not requisite to
line and a hook and sinkcr. perhaps
rod. some cheap bait, and much patience.
man can fish Off dock or bridge with
out paying anything for the privilege. and
even IL he gets no bites he has the pleasu-
rable excitement Of expecting them. Arrow
boat sufficient to hold three or four fisher
men can be hired for small sum. and for
greater sum sailboat. capable OF carryinga a
dozen or more. may be obtained. The sport.
too. is quiet and peaceful. and necessarily so
for its successful pursuit. A thousand fisher
men In single small bay will not disturb
the devotions Of village church. no matter
how near it may be to them. II there is
any amusement suggestive of Sunday calm
and congruous with it. Is it not tishing2 II
the people are to be allowed to enjoy
themselves ut all on Sunday. in what
more peaceful way can they get their
amusement? II fishing is outlawed. what
else in the way Of recreation may not con-
sistently be made illegal? II fishermen
may not fish. why permit the railroads and
the steamboats, to carry them where they
hope to find the fish II it is unlawful to
drop line from boat. why should it not
be unlawful to go out In a boat?
Moreover. there Is no justification for the
prohibition Of the amusement OF Sunday
fishing in order to protect the fish, in the
waters about New York. at least. 1t is not
the sporting fisherman's line which they
have to fear. for by that means compare
lively few OF them arc caught. All the
fishermen who go out on Sunday do not
together diminish the supply OF fish in the
sea to an appreciable extent. It is the seine
which does the work Of destruction.
The attention which Acknowledgement
RosENDALE has called to the section Of the
Penal Code prohibiting Sunday fishing as
public sport" will however, serve USE
'ful purpose. and the more vigorous the
fish and game protectors are in it's enforce
ment the better that purpose will be for
warded. The law has not commanded the
popular respect, and the next Legislature
will probably get it out Of tho way.