The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
ANGLERS HONOR
PRINCETON SAGE
DR.. Henry Van Dyke Is En-
tertained by Members of
Famous Flycasting Club
JUDGE HUNT PRESIDES
Charming Tributes Are Paid
the Guest of the Evening
and the Art of Fishing

DR.. Henry Van Dyke, the Princeton
J savant. who is hailed as the Isaak
= Walton of to-day, was the guest of the
San Francisco Flycasting Club last
night at a dinner at the California Ho-
tel. The speeches sounded as deep and
as true as the roar of the rivers the
anglers love so well and brought out
all the love of nature which is the chief
characteristic of the angler.
DR.. Van Dyke is the author of two
classics on the gentle art of angling,
! "Fishermen's Luck" and Little Riv-
ers." During his stay in California
/ he has had the soul-stirring experience
of landing seven-pound. Dolly Warden
trout on the mighty McCloud. the story
of which was charmingly told by
/ Charles s. Wheeler
! To prove it was no fisherman's yarn
the great game fish was exhibited to
the assembled guests on a huge silver
platter, which set off its brilliant color
ing to advantage.
VOGELSANG MAKES A HIT.
OF all the speeches. that of Alex vo-
gelsang created the greatest impress
sion, especially on the ladies, who had
pre-empted bench just outside the
door of the banquet room Mr.. Vogel-
sang, who was in his happiest mood,
L,
entiric Angler" even to the apt illus
: tration with which he closed his re-
marks,
4 President Edward Everett presided
and introduced Judge Hunt as the
POSTMASTER. The latter was in his hap
piest mood. He spoke of the guest of
E the evening as a scholar and sports
man; a student both of books and of
nature; writer and a fisherman. He
said he found his text in the voice of
the stream and was a delightful inter-
prefer OF all that is beautiful in nature.
DR.. Van Dyke said he had been wad-
/ ing in the McCloud recently and he
! felt sure there was nothing colder than
California water nor warmer than
California hospitality. He spoke of fly
fishing as a lofty, ennobling occupa-
tion He said some people looked upon
it as mild form of lunacy. but he had
found it dainty, charming and pleas
ant to the finer sensibilities. He spoke
of Isaak Walton's Compleat Angler as
classic in literature. He praised the
McCloud as an ideal stream, the real
ization of an anglers dream.
DIR. VAN DYKE TALKS OF TROUT.
DR.. Van Dyke told several stories
and preached dainty sermon. One of
his stories was of the Scotchman, who
after an unsuccessful day on the river
tossed his fiyhook into the stream and
SdlQ IN disgust. yer c0O1ce.
He also told of the great trout Nico-
demus on the River Never Sink and
of the man who tried to take him. In
the morning he tried a red ibis. The
! trout got away with this. Later in the
day he had him on a white miller and
again his Troutship disappeared. In
4 the evening he tried him with blue
jay and after a struggle landed him.
The three flies were fastened to the
trout and when the angler saw the ma
tional colorS he remembered it was
the Fourth of July and he knew why
| the combination had proved so effec-
tive.
Governor Pardee sent his regrets. In
voicing them Judge Hunt combined the
introduction of DR.. Jordan of Stanford
University, saying:
"The Governor is a good fly, but the
professor is a better one" DR.. Jor-
dan created a laugh by addressing his
auditors as fellow geologists." He
said: THE trout lie at the bottom of
green streams. Let us lie about the
trout" He spoke entertainingly of the
anglers of Samoa, Japan and Honolulu.
e He took rise out of Judge Hunt by
telling how the latter loaned his trout
scales to a lady who found they re-
corded the weight of her baby as being
: sixty-eight pounds.
Charles S. Wheeler told how grace
fully. and how skillfully DR.. Van Dyke
: had landed the seven-pound Dolly
, Warden and paid a fine tribute to the
! guest of the evening. Those present
|, at the dinner were:
DIR. Clark Burnham John Butler. Frank ".
Bell w. F. Bogart A. s. Carman A. l..
Coombs w A. Cooper, F. E. Daverkosen. j.
r. Douglass, George c. Edwards Edward
Everett. c. H. Foulks. Bernard Faymonville.
]. Homer F'ritch, L. r. D.. Grubb, Hon. John
H. Kewell n. H. Kirk c. R. Kennif. w. j.
L. Kieruin. t. c. Kieruln. f. ]. Lane.
! George w. Lane. E A Mocker. w. D. Mans
! field w. McNaughton w. A. l.. Miller.
H. Reed. F. G. sanborn. H. b. Sperry. Austin
Sperry. John Siebe, Charles F. Stone Hon.
= NJ Seawell. Alfred Sutro E a Selfrdge.
James s. Turner, Dr. c. Won Hoffman. Alex
ander T. Vogelsang, Louis Weimann, Charles
S. Wheeler. Carlos G. Young: John B. Cole
man. Louisville. Ky; Dr. Albertos Tocins.
Derby; w, B. Macarthur, DR.; F. L. Platt.
Thomas Magee. Frank p McLennon Henry
Doyle New York: Nathan II. Frank. H NJ.
Haldeman, Frank P. King. Eugene Goodwin.
Mr. Neuman A z. Black Glasgow: Lieuten-
ant Selfridge. U. s. A.; Lloyd Baldwin. L. A.
Levitt. j. H.. Lowe. II. p Pembroke. F. J..
Fitzpatrick Charles J. OKell. A. ]. Treat,
Harry Paddock Guests of the club-Dr.
Henry Van Dyke DR.. BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler,
Dr. David Starr Jordan, Dr. j. X. Mclean
Professor waring Wilkinson. John L, Howard.
Warren Olney Warren Olney Jr.. DIR. Thomas
Addison,> Judge S. p Hall, Guy c. Earl. Pro-
fessor l. J. Richardson, Professor c. G. Buck.
Hon James d. Phelan. J. c: Sellers. William
Greer Harrison. w. H. McAllister. Charles s.
F Runyon. Andrew Carrigan. Hon. W. w.
Morroyyf John McIsaren. w. w. Naughton j.
x de Witt. r. A. Smyth.