The Washington herald., 1907-11-12
ANGLERS IN SESSION
Honest WaltOniteS" Make
Rules for Gentle Art.
LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT
President, Allotted by Grover CIeve-
land, Gives EpistoIary Encourage
ment to 500 Fishermen Netted by
Rev. Henry Van Dyke in New
YOrL-No Fish Stories Told.

New York. Nov IA convention OF
Honest Anglers. representing fishermen
from various parts Of the country. was
held tonight at the American Museum of
Natural History. About 800 persons. were
present II was resolved to appoint a
committee TO formulate plans for a na-
tional association 10 protect game fishes
and improve the sport OF angling. Rev
DR.. Henry Van Dyke. Of Princeton. pre-
sided. and was the moving spirit Of the
evening
The exercises consisted Of an address
on THE True Sporting Spirit" by DR..
Van Dyke; talks By other fishermen, and
the reading Of letters from Theodore
Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland. Presi-
dent Roosevelt wrote.
MY Dear Dr. Van Dyke: II wish that
could be present at the Honest Anglers
convention, but, as I cannot. I write 10
wish YOU Godspeed in your admirable
work. The men assembled in the con-
vention stand for true sport Of q high
standard. and. like most genuine sports
men, they are lovers Of outdoor life and
of natural history. are believers in manIi-
ness, and they particularly object to any
form of wasteful destruction.
You insist on doing your fishing in
straightforward. sportsmanlike fashion.
and you in every way discourage the
noxious craze for cOrd-breaking as re-
CARDS the amount OF the catches The
latter l consider especially important
There are sew things which a naturalist
and sportsman should more heartily con-
denim than reckless and wasteful slaugh-
ter. To make a very large bag. whether
of deer, OF prairie chicken, or duck. OF
quail. or woodcoek. or trout. is some-
thing of which TO be ashamed and not 10
boast.
Sincerely, yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter was received with
great applause. When one was announced
from eX-President Cleveland the applause
was equally tremendous. Mr.. Cleveland
wrote:
Letter from Cleveland.
My Dear DR.. Van Dyke: You know so
well the currents of my piseatorlal
thought that I need not assure you Of
the pleasure it would afford me TO attend
the anglers convention, to be held next
Monday evening
Since this is denied me, and since you
are 10 speak on the, True Sporting
Spirit may ! ask you TO keep in mind
the fact that in the presentation OF your
topic you hold a brief for me as well as
thousands Of other honest anglers?
II. anglers are to retain an honorable
place in the fraternity of true sports
manship. their constant effort must be to
save themselves and the present genera
ton from the Generalization Of fishing
hoggery, and to transmit to those who
come after them the delightful and
wholesome limitations which belong TO
their craft.
They can adopt no motto better de-
scriptive OF what their design and pur-
pose should be than is found in the Ian
guage taken from the invitation l have
received to attend the coming conven-
ton
To encourage the adoption of angling
methods which will make the. wholesale
slaughter Of fish impossible and increase
the sport of taking a fair number in a
fair way
Yours faithfully.
GROVER CLEVELAND"
DR.. Barton W. Everman, OF the United
States Bureau Of Fisheries. told Of his
expedition in search Of the golden trout
in the volcanic region of the Sierras.
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