The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-02
THE new BIOLOGY.
The G anne Hog and
His Cousin, the
T ish Hog.
A TR Rue STORY.
Selfish "Sportsmen" Who
Post Brooks Without
Authority.

OltlL loulAuety eNLLNAAAOOAA iiANSN-A-o
the Amalgamated AUTHORIZATIONS
calls together a score Of local fisher
men, for the rehearsing of old stories
and the invention of new STARTERS, the
argument drifted through the channel
lof spearing fish at the lake, through
he much-mooted Poor farm brook
question to the trout brooks to the
north in Worcester county, where the
land of the fish hog is apparent, as
i has not been for many years.
In all the leading sporting papers of
tie country that deal with matters of
Interest to followers of the rod and
gun, the game hog" has been the sub
jet of every manner of reviling and
prosecution. The question of who is the
tame hog" and where the line is to
be drawn between the true sportsman
an his pigship has been debated pro
AMI con until the game hog" has been
marked down as a distinct type. He is
tn, man who is out and cracking away
at game birds as long as there is a
fesher in sight, according to the &C
ceIted theory.
Eut now arises another type of the
sar e species, the fish hog" The ar
gunent yesterday afternoon began over
S Dry that has been going the
rouds for a day of two, and illus
traits we'll the disposition of the pisca-
toriI brother in kind of the game hog.
The story is vouched for and is good
enough to frame.
Two prominent sportsmen, one OF
whom is a professional man and the
othel a wholesale dealer in necessi-
..-ici C1H familiar NOT
thousand miles from Princeton, with
visions of a record breaking creel of
specked beauties, for the magnificent
trout qualities of the brook are recog-
nized by experts with the rod.
TacIe was put in shape, rods jointed
and books baited for the fray. One
trout was taken and the sport gave
excellnt promise, when the profession
al MAJ noticed conspicuously posted on
pine tree a brand new sign, which
informed him that fishing was prohi-
bited lnder penalty of the law, and
trespas5ing would be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law, in terms that
have become familiar to the craft
Fishing stopped and a plan of action
OutlineC The professional man, with
every confidence in his forensic ability
was of he opinion that a judicious use
of the English language, properly ap-
piled, would win over the hard-hearted
farmer, whom they believed response
BILE for The prohibition of fishing.
The farmer was approached, and at
the first crack out of the bax, said;
Certainly, fish away all you want to. ="
The Wlltons were surprised, and
called attention to the glowing new
signs on the broOkside. Never saw
them beftre in my life" he said Fish
ing was esumed and the sport rolled
merrily aong until professional man
heard the sound of a hammer down
stream, and, to his amazement, saw a
prominent Worcester fisherman and his
partner bCsily engaged in posting the
brook. Mt word was said, but later,
when the men of the warning signs
were caught in the act of fishing the
brook, the professional man promptly
ordered them off the brook.
When the men who had done the
posting of the brook demurred, their
attention vas called to the signs and
they were asked If the farmer who
owned the and had given the permits
sion to fish the brook. With a liberal
supply of ulposted signs the two men
left the brook, leaving the professional
man and the wholesaler in full posses
sion.
This true story illustrates the point
under discussion at the gathering OF
the clans yesterday afternoon. On a
dozen of the most famous of Worces-
ter county's many fine trout streams,
there have appeared signs warning
against fishing, until majority of the
best brooks are posted. Muddy brook,
Ball brook, Shanty brook, School House
| brook, and a host of other fine trout
streams are pasted against fishing, and
the frequency Of the warning signs
has led to an investigation. The con-
clusiOn is that the fish hog is abroad
with character sites that closely ally
him with the Sportsman's old familiar
friend, the game hog" There is a
vast difference in degree, however, ac-
cording to the consensus of opinion as
expressed yesterday afternoon, for the
game. birds cannot be corraled and
preserved as can trout, and the ordin-
airy shooter has the same opportunity
to secure a heavy bag as the man that
kills 300 birds in a season. 1t is a
question of skill In the matter OF
trout. however, the fish hog, not con-
tent TO enjoy the sport as do others,
is out for corralng every prominent
trout brook in Worcester county, and
excluding every other fisherman.
Until this year the plan of the fish
hog has been to purchase a brook or
two and pay the owner to keep fisher
men off the sacred territory. There are
half dozen streams in the county
this year that are held in this way.
The latest move of the men Who want
to preserve for themselves all the
trout fishing is illustrated by the story
discussed yesterday. Without authority
of any kind from the owner of the land
through which the stream flows. the
fish hog carries a bountisul supply
of tacks and some of the regulation
posters and between pools as he fol-
lows the brook, stops TO put up signs
of warning, in the belief that other