The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

are rather Elhl ltAliH w n man w. - 'sa-
der purse John w. Hecksher, for many
years termed the best all-round gentle
man sportsman in America, used to say
that II cost him $500 every summer before
he wet a line In the Restigouche.
Experts declare that every trout taken
in the streams and ponds Of Maine costs
from so to $780, this high price per fish
being divided among the railroads, team
sters stage drivers, hotel and boarding
house keepers. and guides. 1t costs the
state only few cents apiece 20 breed
and protect the fish. Although the aGgrc-
gate outlay Of the Maine Fish Commits
sion is considerable, II will be seen that
the people Of the State make a good deal
Of money out of its fine fishing grounds,
and the same is true OF more than one
other State besides Fishing almost every
where in this country Is becoming better
yearly because Of the work Of the fish
commissions both State and national
Tarpon are more expensive than trout
the estimate Of experts placing their cost
on the east coast OF Florida 20 fishermen.
who get them from the North, az from
$io0 to 500 each.
This is not true OF the cost Of the big
fish 10 the natives. nor to a certain few
from the North who may almost be called
"professionar' amateurs. Charles +. Nae
thing. Of New York. for instance, said 20
hold the worlds record for tarpon fishing.
gets his tarpon for much less. His best
record was made I'm April and May two
years ago. when. in fourteen days actual
fishing. he caught thirty-three tarpon. be-
sides other big fish. One afternoon he
and his party Of three caught eight gigan-
ric tarpon. the worlds record for only
three men.
Mr.. Nacthlng is not a public character.
however, and few men Of wealth and
prominence have ever made exceptional
records with this big game fish. The late
Matt Quay. Of Pennsylvania, used TO be
one Of the greatest tarpon fishermen of
prominence. and before Richard Croker
expatriated himself he was quite a tar
pon angler. Croker used also 20 like
shark fishing mighty well
Senator Dolliver Of Iowa, is one of the
from patient fisherman in the Upper House
Of Congress. and he has lots Of FUN TAX
ing bass from Iowa waters every sum
mer. lie learned 20 fish in West Virginia
when he was a boy.
His close friend. James s Clarkson, now
surveyor Of the port OF New York, was q
devoted fisher Of bass in Iowa waters IN
hts b1yhood DAYS. and later, In Washing
ton. when connected with the Post-oihce
Department. De used 20 fish for Sleeps
head I'm the Chesapeake, near Old Point
Comfort Like many N the best fisher
men in the world. he has never done much
shooting once. when fgil-grown doe
stumbled upon him as be was peacefully
angling from the bank ~ an Iowa stream
he grasped his gun. which lay 10y his s.da
and made ready 20 shoot his first deer
"As 7 IeveIed the piece SAYS Clarkg1n
"the poor creature looked straight into
my eyes Did you ever look into doe 8
eyes? They aNa as expressive as a
woman's. and 7 hadn't the heart 90 shoot
I could Kill prairie chickens when hor
but nothing with eyes SD nearly human
as that doe"
Dr. $ Weir Mitchell. of Philadelphia,
expert in nervous diseases aud also in the
Af..i.t HI |. II ..iI.IE EH.'A l.' ......s Jus
Gshed u Canadian waters many summers
ID used 90 Do his custom 20 Jay everything
aside ON June T. medicine and writing
alike h.e himself 90 the banks of s1m1
frst-olass Northern salmon stream. and
forget everything bat salmon for severa.
weeks. after which he would go 90 hts
summer home, 40 Bar HaFbor 90 DO hI5
years regular stunt Of fiction writing
Chicago fishes iu Michigan nearly everv
summer and 70 Is said, once caught --
brook trout there I'm four DAYS He also
fishes I'm Florida waters. and there once
caught the biggest jewish ever taken lbs
"a pleasure seeker. In is his pride that hs
has ishcd in the streams of every civilized
land
Ed" Green. tho Texas railroad man.
and son OF Hetty Green. used 20 enter
tin Mckinley at the Texas Tarpan CLUB
Senator RedfeId Proctor is NOT only de-
voted 20 trout fishing, but Do owns "a fine
private preserve near his Vermont home
Senator Aldrich. Of Rhode Island. is an
angler, but not very expert one. Seua-
tor Frve. of Maine. is one Of the best in
the country. He camps in tho Maine
woods with designs on the fish every sum
mrr. and takes Mrs. Frye along.
Edison. a great fisherman in his Younger
days. came near getting into serious diff
culties through his fondness for the rod
when little more than a boy i'm the South
He had charge Of a military telegraph
office and 10 was his duty TO report" nj
s.gted intervals % show that all was well
but he rugged mp a connection between q
clock and the instrument so that the rc-
port would be made automatically at the
right time and ne could 60 away and
fish. Il worked all right but one day
the commanding general visited the office
while the Young man was away, and for
a time he was in danger Of grave punish
meut for his neglect.
Steinmotz the big Schenectady electrical
expert. likes fshinE-or did when he was
boy In Europe-but doesn't gud the
American way to his liking Some years
ago he went angling i'm the Adir0ndacks.
and had 90 sleep I'm a log hut and live on
boiled potatoes and bacon.
He didn't understand trout fishing and
ierked his hook so vigorously away from
a prize fish that fl got caught in the top
Of a tree. after which he picked up his
tackle and betook himself to his home.
where ne has n fine collection Of fish
swimming in a conservatory pond
Copyright. 1901 by Dexter NsrshallI
CAN KEEP THEIR SEATS.