New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-17

ward p. Steers president OF the Twelfth Ward
Bank. shot fifteen in one day.
Lawrence Meyer is also a quail shooter. but Mr.
Meyer is modest and he says quail are easier TO
! miss than they to hit. Mr.. Meyer has two fine
hunting dogs which he keeps at the cub.
SALMON FISHING HIS DELIGHT.
A. X Sloan Is the treasurer of the Long Island
Country Club. Mr.. Sloan says that the particular
form OF sport in which he takes the greatest de-
light Is salmon fishing. In the company of three
other men sometimes they take their wives along)
Mr. Sloan has. for the last five years. taken trip
to Camp Romano. little spot which belongs TO
these men. and where the delight OF salmon fish
ing is found in Its perfection. Camp Romane Is on
the Romalne River. in Labrador. nine mics from
the Hudson Bay station. The letter-carrier there
rings your doorbell only once In two weeks. The
three other men who make up this party dt is not
club are Mr.. Fitch. the president of the American
Watch Company; DR.. Brow and Mr.. Edmons The
yacht Romano. in which these friends reach their
objective point. - schooner OF seventy-fve tons
Romaine begins generally between June Is ana ~
n r.. where they board the yacht. and about
FIVE Iye days later they reach Camp Romane Each
Isl the two CATERS in addition to eaiiing the
fish out serve I'D body servants. They are well
paid for all their work besides having the surplus
iish caught 10y the party as a bonus.
The Romano, a beautiful broad river about such
another one as the Connecticut. is pentifuy be-
the fish at the spawning season. There are two
features about these fish which every sportsman
knows, but which might be news to others First
during the spawning season a salmon never eats
Thousands are caught at this season but not an atom
OF food Is ever found In their stomachs when they
opened. why, then. should they snap nj what
they think &c be- a fly" fisherman was asked
and he said he thought II was simply temper Ii Is
most frequently the male fish that Is caught at this
time and as he swims along beside his wife he has
a Kind OF an idea that he is in duty bound 10 fight
anything and everything that in the path
even II II IS no bigger than a fly. Speaking Of gal
lantry and male and female fish. this same sports
man said that the male fish frequently fight like
good fellows for the female that happens to strike
their fancy The victor carries off the fair one, and
Mr.. Sloan says that your salmon is like your for
tune: Difficult to get but the true science of the
game TO lose 1t after you have got IT, Casting
for salmon Is done like casting for trout with the
exception that with the salmon rod you must use
both hands. You throw the line out over the water
and when the flies rest upon the surface trying 10
beguile the beautiful salmon. you give the rod few
gentle jerks that Will twitch the files along with the
same movement that real live fly would have.
This casting Is an applied art that only with a
moment or two you raise the rod and cast again"
Mr.. Sloans beautiful home on Washington ave,
Brooklyn contains many souvenirs Of his sport In
Labrador and elsewhere On the floors OF the
library rest two black bear rugs. and in another
part OF the house still another these bears were
shot by Mr. Sloan On the wall OF the library there
Is black and white picture Of one Of the 'haltng
camps" OF these four friends. The picture
rtvsn to Mr. Sloan by Mr.. Cleveland (the artist.