The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-22
WEEQUAH|C LAKE
FISH JUST EAT
OUT Of HIS HAND
Takes EN- Right Out of the
Water with His Fin
g%ers-Sure!

Ask any disgruntled fisherman who
has had more h la his usual share of
hard luck what he has beer doing, and
he'll tell you that he has been feeding
the fishes" Tell an anti-nature faker
that you saw a man who was feeding
the fishes, not from a hook. but from
his hand, and he'll a his wise old
that you shouldn't believe all you
"hear'-whether you see it or not.
Feed the fishes" however, is just
what William D. Winterbottom, pro-
prietor of the b~oathouse at the head Of
WeeQuahic Park lake, does. And he
or a dog.
If you doubt the truth of this asser-
ton just take a stroll down to Wee
quahic Park between 8 and 6 o'clock
any evening and witness the sight
yourself. Mr.. Winterbottom will de-
deliver the goods and you will pay your
tribute C. o. d. (clap on delivery. If
you don't you are a hardened old bear,
lost beyond redemption.
Winterbotfom a whoIe-souled Man.
Mr.. Winterbottom is the kind of
whole-souled man who is passionately
fond of nature, and he is as enthusi-
astic over his pets" as he calls them,
as your kid brother is over a stray dog
only his enthusiasm Is a trife more
enduring. You will find him always
ready and 6 to impart any infor-
nation hat you desire concerning his
charges.
He takes a loaf of bread, breaks 1t
and scatters a few crumbs on the sur
face of the water. Immediately the
vicinity it swaring with reaches, and a
loaf dropped in disappears in a jiffy.
The other day Mr.. Winterbottom
picked one of his pets up in his hand
and fed it, the fish not even giving a
wriggle. He placed it back in its home
and it swan away as though accus-
toned to handling.
Fish Always on Hand.
The fish are always on hand at the
regular hour for feeding, as if by APP
pointment. and recently just for an ex-
pertinent, Mr.. Winterbottom fed them
at an earlier hour. BY instinct they
appeared at the new supper hour every
day until he went back t o the ole
schedule-from 5 till 6 o'clock-whiof
! he has adhered to since.
Mr.. Winterbottom said that as far al
he knew Weequahic Park was the onl,
park in the country where the fish are
fed. He also has an aquarium of hif
own in the ~boathouse, placed in a con
spicuous position where all can see 1t
It contains one or more specimens O.
every variety of fish in the parl: lake.
Fishing Good of Late.
Fishing has been very good Of late
but some of the former devotees of thu
sport are still timid because of the acct
dent last week in which two men wer'
drowned.
The accident was the first of its kline
to occur on the lake, and it would no
have happened had both men remained
cool. In 1907 George Mayhem wal
stricken with heart failure while on tn,
lake, In a canoe, and he pitched head
long into the water, but an autopsy re
vealed that there was no water in hi
lungs. A similar accident may no
occur again in years.
The kinds Of fish in the lake at pres
ent are: Perch, cells, catfish an'
reaches. Next year a large number Of
pickerel will be placed there. They ar
the sweetest fresh water fish, and the,
subsist on one-fourth the food the aver
age perch consumes.