The sun., 1894-09-09
THINGS OF SPORT,
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CT JoNEs,s ptcKERrL-

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| tnRe Abeut Their ricEinE Cranbc,,Ica
"politics and some other things In Wet.
chester county queer" said Cy .Ionc.. ,,,
| real estate man, but they arc nowhere s,.Ye.
side the pickerel in my lake up back NJ Err.,,o
| That lake isn't very big one. aud II is rr,lt IN
the heart Of the woods. half mile from K,r.t,,
| Lake. AZ one end OF tho lako is big mrr.l
and wild cranbcrrics grow thick ON it. 1ncrs
are pickere in the lake, and the oldest ri,k,roI
that ever any one saw. Tho capacity of thrlaks
| in food for fish, especially fish with an aur,tHs
equipment such as pickerel have, is limited. and
| the result has been the development NJ prk.
| ercl there that hasn't its counterpart in m,
water under the sun.
II don't know how the pickcrcl first GOT In IN.
lake. All the country roundabout there wan
owned by tho Clapp family for hundred ycars
I bought big slice OF II Of them. and this Iake
il on it, Lawyer John Clapp Of portChcs,rr
says he can remember that lake for ffty year,
and more, and he can't remember when IN.
pickcrel weren't In It,
One funny thing about these fsh l. thai
there are no email ones among them Thors
may have been small ones some time In tho uost.
but they are all gone The constant skirtui,h
and hustle that this race Of FISH has made foe
victuals and tho small success they have mo,
with, has not retarded their growth so far es
length OF body goes or size Of head. There are
pickere In that lake over two feet long that You
mig ut span as easily you might a two foo,
eel. yet their heads would be credit TO a nve-
pourd muskallonge This discrepancy in slzs
of head to girth OF body gives my pickcrcl an
uncAnny, not TO say weird aspect that startles
one who sees them for the first time
And they are queer In other ways. For In
stance, they pick cranbcrries. Every fall, As
soon as tho cranbcrries are ripe, those pickcrel
gather the crop. Ask Squire Archer Of Rys
Lake road. He knows about it."
"Do Cy Joncs's pickercl pick cranberrcsi M,
they don'tl" said Squire Archer of the Rye l.ako
road. "I'll tell you why they don't Cv Jones
haln't got any pickerel. This whole Kensco
county was ocean once. The water receded sui.
denly before some mighty convulsion that raised
these hills and dumped the water of. Here and
there some was left, though, in hollows. Cv
Jones's lake is one OF those spots A lot Of sea
the posterity of some of these eggs that are in
they SSrss are piokerc % but know Sctser aer' 'Nnk
80, ] say Cy. Jones's pckerel don't pick
But what he thinks are his pioketel pick Gran.
berries. guess they do: don't know how
for that cranberry crop on the marshes. Thry
climb the bushes, and I've shot many one on
Why, Commissioner Of Public Works Mike
DAILY knows this to be n fact. So does Maurice
Holahan. How do they know itf Because
v. Do you @ Know Sheriff Duffy of White Plains,
Well, some Of those things that Cy Jones thinks
yards OF line. and a fve-dollar reel OF his. ~
Jones had been talking so much about tho big
there one day to bag some OF them. He came in
here for help an hour later. looking pale, He
he saw 1t coming out OF the water toward him
he laid his fshpoe on the ground and came
to get the tackle, but il was
gone, pole. reel, line, and all Those things
among themselves and had quite a meal 1yIp'tHy ~
Jones said that he'd bet n bottle that he could
name the man that stole his fishpole and tackle,
got rot b, DgGy,s fishing tackle Just The same: same:
these cranberry pickers OF Cy Jones'sY I'D has
fooled M around good bit with 'em He'll tell you
I've never been out after Cy yones's pickercl
IN y. tn. the cranberry season." said Ed O'Bricn,
can't swear that they come ont on the marsh
and pick cranberrtes: hni II wouldn't be anything
matter is, never went after Cy Jones's piciercl
1t all as never liked their shape. A fish with
never struck me rs being beautiful. But once
when hunting rabbits over by the lake had an
lad started n rabbit, and II took a course close
ll3ng the edge OF the lake. A little arm OF the
curse the rabbit was following. and the rabbit
ook IA leap 10 clear it. But he didn't get across.
hr hG @ WAS 81 n In tne air yet up shot one OF those
IN the fly.
1t hadn't more than struck the water with
ny game than II was pounccd upon by another
'ickerel, land little the hottest fight YOU
yer saw was going on right away between
hese TWO pickerel over possession OF the rabbit.
don't know how the fight would have come out,
or didn want to see which was the best fish nf
he two, but banged away n couple loads OF shot
Z them. That seemed TO confuse them and be-
ore they could gather themselves picked tho
ahhlt out OF the water and walked away.
ilancing back, saw the big heads OF these two
lckerel sticking way above the water. and tho
nalevolent way they were glaring at me mado
ne hurry up my stumps out of there ! tell you.
don't think it's queer at all If those pick
rel OF Cy Jones's come ont and gather the
ranberry crop on the marshes. I'd think 10
ucer il they didn't"