New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-04
THE COUNTRY CLuBs REUNION.
orrxrxc OF THE SEASON AID 4 HoUSEWAHN-
,sc ~ THE SEW QUARTERS ~ EAsrr"ir'

..,,.,. ar THE SEASON AND 4 HorSEWARM-
,1c ~ THE SEW QUARTERS ~ EAsrPoi'r'
:, .,,s representative gathering Of men that met
nm "Wednesday night al the ne" clubhouse vi .n
-, I.l,ra Country club. in PASSPORT Tor "''
orr,,,l reunion opening ~ ID" ne" 'iN'",' '' '"
,,c,,on of officers. A. most OF me met "'' ''''
,ori, IN IN. day and spent the time III '"''""' Wv
ton trout-tho clubs allowance ana J" ".''' -
"a, ,orts each man came TO the table WI" -"
-. minute After the dinner Or Henry -
,,,, ,yh, "a the founder and president oil ''r
ro,, Island Country club. IN a neat si'ec" men
,,onel th. rs, and growth OF the c."o PAM ''',
same tribute to the guests present N-'o'.''
= Flower l.. u Huntington ana ""t''
IN 4, IN. close o, his remarks, when lasted a''"'
oye minutes Or Preston called upon eN-'oH'' '"'
,ia... ,r sor. remarks hsh culture III III
,,,,ks the Ex-Governor said that during '"e "n''
ne WAS Governor he had personally N'S"' 81"
n.h hatcnerles III the Sttte-ihe wv" III '"' '
rondacks the one great STATE hatchery AT
h,b - rrinclpallv for trout one at Cold Spring Long
Island also principally aevoed 70 trout anu "'''"
. 49, =, Laurence He paid a high tribute 10
,,,,r, clubs SAYING that these ORGANIZATIONS '"'
"a 70 keen alive and before the notice OF inc p'p',
m. important question OF FISH culture lie ''S"'"'
the Commissioners OF Fish culture ~ '''
should have no part IN politics. 49,
.r,, .,r,e , hiSh tribute the noble qualities OF
snortsmen and IT was inslnuated ihat p'n"'''nH
,,oht ,ae nolnt or TWO from these knights OF the
rod I'm truthfulness. and few oiher uih'S' !" Si'
OF the bad reputation that FISH stories nave
AZ the end OF TX Governor Flowers REMARKS ~
Preston called on Mr. Huntington. and IN response
Mr. Huntington spoke OF his former labors In con-
nection with the Commissioners OF flSh culture.
when he was In office he personally superintendent
the 'hatching' at Cold Spring and brought the
workings OF that place up TO high standard oil per-
fection When he took cfilce the annual hatchinB
was about yVv,vD. ana when ne ieIt IL the h"'"oe'
was raised TO 100000.
y n Roosevelt spoke OF the New York state
Fish Commissioners To them he accorded the hohor
OF first awakening the country to the Importance OF
FISH culture and also the honor OF Dene parent a., a..
Roosevelt said that shad hal been preserved II ms
country By the Commissioners that whTn 'p, ou,
dicu NO, ~ 'm m39un,s whi" now the sh dealers re-
fuse to hand" a snad that weighs less than three
rounds and they come 10 market weighing SIX ana
n h.if pounds with an average hlgn a. i've
rounds lie said that Seth Greene was practi-
cally the father II all nsh culture IN TINS '"un.i
lie discovered method OF propagatlng shad, ana
personally took the hrst cons eminent OF shad to me
Pacific coast under dlnlchltir" which almost hate
the accomplishment OF The task Impossible To any
Wr Roosevelt having ended his remarks, Mr..
Huntington explained the difficulty OF stocking "A
stream with trout fry Other hsh he said. could be
turned loose almost as soon as they were hatched.
from forty fortyvc days the shell OF the egg from
which they come weighted down by TINS shell the
infant trout cannot get out Of harms way All he
can Is to wrggle about liitie. and II he fears
b'fdll MIN. IKE the OHtIltn, runs
his head into the sand. H. at the time they
able to run away small eel should get into the
stream the eel would destroy many thousands OF
them In n single night
After the speeches were ended the Nominating
Committee composed OF Howard NJ. Baker. Edward
t. tiraef and A. l.. Barney submitted list OF
names. ana The directors elected were Dr. Henry
q Preston W Is. Williams. l. i. Philip. \. X.
S.oan C. W Mason. Everett House Lawrence
Meyers O. s. Baldwin. Or j. H. Parker, T.. O.
Whitaker and Or \ NJ. Nash
Ex-Governor Flower was elected II member of the
club and was the altar fisherman OF the OCCASION
having caught thirty trout
Those present at the dinner and reunion were Or
Henry q Preston. W. Il. Williams. a. *. Sloan
] T. Philip, X. t. Flower, H. ID. Huntington. presi-
dent OF the State Fish Commissioners; Walton g.
Johnson +. Ailard Durand Ruel J. Bryan. JAM
Raymond Walter BOVINE, OTTO Magnes. Edward l..
Graef j. l.. Meyers. X. Tyson White Frank Bad
win. a. l.. Barney. H. 5. Wilson. X. \. G. smith
f. q; Whitaker. the Hon. X. Is. Roosevelt, c. w
Mason, T. + Shaw. h. House Ward Williams and
T. Utard
This occasion also Tn" nousewarming OF the
new dubious which now needs only the finishing
touches The contractors rushed TO the last eN-
tent to get things ready In time The last OF the
furniture arrived on Tuesday, and some OF the doors
are yet to he oiled and dressed.