The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
By Dexter Marshall.

fH-7T way in 1866 perhaps year
XMa earlier, perhaps year later
kAlA that two men. one we'll along
YG1N1nI In the fortics, the other not
GAESg Quite 30 far along In the thir-.
3 ties mot at tho annual contest
OF the New York State spprtmens AS
ISOLATION The older man looked like q
countrymatr. He was OF middle height,
but so broad and burly as to seem al.
most short Ha had q full brown beard
and mustache and wore broad brnmed
hat His face was marked by con-A
tinuously humorous expression which,
d frequently expanded into broad smile
He had as hearty a laugh US was eyer
heard by mortal ears. Ills name was
Seth Green.
The younger man was taller and thinner
and his heavy beard was almost black.
He looked like nm educated man OF the
world, and, 30 he wns. His name was
Robert 3. Roosevelt: he was brother;
4 OF the elder Theodore Roosevelt, and
uncle OF the boy OF the same name WHO
now sits In the Presidents! chair at
Washington. Roosevclt's laugh was as
81 hearty hS * JICcll - Dos dppfAA
two had little in common.
It was developed during the first meet
ing. however, that these two were tho
best fly casters present and his drew
them together. Tor two or three years
they met ut each successive contest OF
+ tho sportsman's Association and the ac-
abundance gruw into close friendship
rhe result was tho establishments OF ar-
tificial fish culture In the United States.
\ Fish had been propagated artifcinlly III
Europe inUre than hundred years pc
y fore, but not extensively. and Afassa-s
chusetts had established state Fish
Commission in 1863. but 1t had made no
practical progress. n rs. s sd
+ The work done by Roosevelt md Green
was more Important than that OF any
who preceded them here or elsewhere.
ana the system OF fish culture IN the.
& United States to-day Is the most extern
siyo In the world It has led to the. nd
dltion OF millions OF dollars worth OF
fish foods to the resources OF the coun-.3
( try; operating under5 the United States
Fish Commission there are q now fifty
+ Ave sstations (hntcfcrieg) and sub-sta-
tons located In twenty-ninc States and
Territories, besides the numerous State
hatcheries. Last year the national conf
mission distributed over & million and
three-quarters OF eggs and young fish.
& Seth Green has now been dead these
ten or a dozen years. In his lifetime
4 he was often termed The Father OF the
Fishes" Robert 3. Roosevelt is living
ut II. Through all his n1anY-si,led 9ifes
ne has been known as Fisherman Bob'.
I from his fondness for angling, and lie
may quite properly be termed The
4 Father Of American Fish Culture. For
while It was Gscen who studied the
4 habits OF tho fishes and discovered their
secrets, his efforts would have been
comparatively ineffective without q prac-
teal man with money ard influence at
his command to help him. Roosevelt
furnished these REQUESTED.
Mr.. Roosevelt's Own Story.
Surrounded by his Books on rne second
u home in New York the other day, he
modestly told the story If the begin-5
ming and early development OF Tho work
q which they accomplished.
q when Green and first met" said
Il Mr.. Roosevelt. II was ANXIOUS to secure
Ii The adoption by the State OF proper game
protection laws. SO was Green. and his,
enthusiasm In that direction. as well
as his skill with the rod, made him
very. interesting to me. ! had read and
heard good deal O bout whnt was being
done In Europe in the way OF fish cul-!
I lure, and wren Green said he had sue
ceeded In Matching brook trout artificial
lily my interest in him increased. He
thought the raising Of brtIk trout could
be made profitable He had found an
ideal place to establish hatchery bomel
miles south OF Rochester in Caledonia,
where tho original New York State trout
hatchery 6was located later.
& Ever been there? Then you know what
. wonderful spring gushes out OF the
ground there; how clear the water is;