The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

his friends every year for a month. lie
used % go north aboard his steam yacht.
land his party and 60 inland for the
sport, which was sometimes pretty lively
Htl ioj the st1usesr and youngest of bis
guests iu olamharng rocks and va8fnE
pools down to "a few years ago. even when
they We're Younger and might ha s,sp-
posed 20 Dee more active and enduring
than he
Fifteen and twenty years ago. before he
felt that Doc could afford AN uca4r-ealug
yacht rr time tu devote 10 cruise upon
one, he maintained a private fishing car
/ in the shape of "a rebuilt freight rab10ve.
/ With Dc DE would travel over an the Great
/ Northern and connecting lines. and what
Dee didn't know about good streams and
ponds and lakes from the fshormau's
standpoint i'm the Northwest wasn't really
worth knowing
Timothy L. Woodruff. the redoub.abIe
New York State Republican chairman.
( has fishing camp of thousand acres in
/ the North Woods i1 the vicinity of
Fourth Lake. Tt has been fitted up in the
most perfect shape az a cost Of S51e0.
and there, from time % time, IT'S owner
| has entertained many of the most promi-
neut Republicans in the land who Ike to
asn, including Gov. Hughes. with whom
perhaps. the chairman is not as har-
moni0us tC-div as he would like to he
Woodruff spends some time I'm Florida
waters every year. but he isn't an un-
qualified success as Il tarpon fisherman.
George Gould has q fishing and hunting
preserve near the headwaters of the Della
ware, on the ton of the Catsklls. I'm u
ster County y. J. It extends over some
thousands Of acres. He fishes there some
times and he also devotes few weeks
occasionally 10 angling I'm Canadian wa
/ ters. He is not q very expert fisherman
himself, but ho likes 90 entertain friends
who are. Ulster County folk tell story
of how his fencing off the preserve and
foraiddins the countrymen 90 fish I'm his
streams lost for him their friendship and
how ha ragained it,
Every year the Gould waters are re-
stocked. and every year large propor-
tiou Of the fish escape down the streams.
So that the fishing i'm all the vicinity is
getting better and better az Goulds ex-
panse. He has never minded that. but he
did object when outsiders fshed his wa
ters clean. At first he asked his neigh
b0rs to respect his rights. but they de-
Cllncd to do so. Then he ordered some
arrests made: two Of the poachors were
locked up and brought TO trial
II was hoped by the men that the JUS
tice would be lenient but he imposed sa-
we're fines which they could not pav, and
the county Jail yawned for them. There
was general Indignation and demand for
remission Of the fines. Gould did not IA
vOr that, but, ON condition that the men
would behave themselves i'm future. he
stepped forward and paid their fines him
self.
Then he lent his own road roller % the
local authorities Of the nearby towns
which could not afford to own such a ma
chine themselves, and the bonds Of friend
ship between him and his neighbOrs were
cemerted permanently.
There is good fishing on nearly every
one of the multi-millionaire game pre-
serves. Of which there are now scores.
which have cost an uncOmputed amount
Of money.
Charles r. Flint is an enthusiasts fish
erman and an enthusiastic member of the
Wyandanch Fishing Club. on Long ISL
and, and others John W. Gates likes 10
angle for about every kind Of fish that
swims. particularly the big tuna Of the
Pacific Coast and until quite recently
planned 10 devote coed deal Of time to
angling this season. Cornelius \. Bliss.
for so many years treasurer Of the Re
publican National Committee. used to fish
for salmon yearly in the Restigouche,
and so did William X. Vanderbilt. both of
them being active in the New Workers.
Fishing Club on that river
Some Fishing Mighty Expensive.
A list Of all the millionaires who either
fish or play at the sport would be pretty
comprehensive, and figures showing how