The sun., 1916-10-15
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXPERT FISHERMAN
Best Known Of Angling Presi-
dents Next to Grover
Cleveland.
HELD SALMON RECORD
~ ALEXANDER McD. srODDARr.

OF the fourteen of the twenty-seven
Presidents Of the United States regarded
ms good fishermen. next to Grover Clevc-
land probably the hest known angler
was Chester Alan Arthur.
beyond doubt of these fourteen fsh-
ing Presidents, which included George
Washington. Martin Van Buren,. John
Tyler. Zachary Taylor. Willard Fillmore.
Franklin Pierce. Abraham Lincoln. An
drew johnson. Ulysses Simpson Grant,
James Abram Garfield. Chester Alan
Arthur. Grover Cleveland. Theodore
Roosevelt and william Howard TAFT.
Mr.. Cleveland would DO regarded as
holding first place, Arthur second place
and Washington third place.
When Arthur was President the city
editor Of TIE SrN assigned Julian
Ralph. a good reporter and an observing
correspondent. to go to the st. Lawrence
and write the Presidents experiences on
his fishing trip.
Julian Ralph and President Arthur.
In THE Making of a Journalist" Mr.
Ralph tells Of an experience with prcsi.
dent Arthur. as follows:
We lived in the same hotel with him.
and in the mornings he used to share
with US the muskallonge or the bass ne
had caught on the previous day. And
once II came about that he waited upon
me as II he had been the humblcst man
In the land.
with another correspondent had
Deen kept up late at night telcgraphing,
and then had stayed up still later over
a midnight supper. When We came 10
the hotel II was past midnight and the
entire house-except the windows OF the
Presidents suite OF seven rooms--was
dark II lifeless. His windows were stlll
brilliantly lighted. for It was his habi.
to work or read until very late at night.
w tried oil the DOORS. and when we
came to the Inst one President Arthur
opened It and let US In. We apoiosixed
profusely. but he only smiled and said
that as his negro boy was very tired and
had gone To sleep he thought he would
rather let Us IN himself than disturb
the servant.
You have found very agreeable So
clcty here" he said.
NO. we replied. we have been telc-
graphing
Don tell mo that he insisted. YOU
telegraph only about me, and have
done nothing for t%wenty-four hours. l
prefer 10 envy you and to believe tina,
You nave found some ones society very.
charming"
president Arthur WAS devoted TO
angling particularly for salmon. lie wa,
a member Of the Restigouche Fishing
Club In canada. Doubtless many times
nc would have liked to go up there
while he was President, but while occt-
plying the chair OF the Chief Execu,iY.
he did not believe thai the Presid.r,
ought to leave the borders OF the United
States.
Tho greatest pleasure thai. President,
Arthur could get. giving him rest anu
recreation. was a days fishing.
As a member OF the Restigouche FISH
ing Club he killed n salmon Weighing so
pounds which was later exhibited In the
United states. Cp to within three years
OF his death he held the record Of having
Killed the largest salmon in the Resti-
gouche.
Some years ago when Mrs. Charlie
finkerton. daughter OF the President.
was In London. she picked up n beautiful
card case OF leather on which was
painted President Arthur salmon fishing.
In the opinion Of Mr.. Pinkerton. his sou
in-iaw, 1t was a very fair likeness"
TsylOr's Delight In Fishing.
When Martin Van Buren, left WASH
ington he retired to Undertook. where
he devoted himself to outdoor occupa.
tons. being particularly fond Of ridine
and fishing.
NsS No'NoA VI "l XIII
gentlemen living on their own planta.
tons. John Tyler took delight in shoot.
ing. fishing N riding.
As n young man Zachary TAYLOR titled
the soil. He was an out OF doors man
. good fisherman and a splendid horse.
q
Calvin DIN Wilson In an article printed
In tile Century Ndgdsine some years age
painted this picture OF him:
L bIIia hnvhNnd r,no ,,,,s ...ta V-1.-.
adventures. n frequently the hous,
was barricaded at nights. There was NJ
alarm nearly every week. and on III,
way to n from school he was often II
danger from Indians. On one occasion
several CT his companions were killed by
Indians a few moments after parting
from him
when he was seventeen years Of NC,
he swan across the Ohio River from
the Kentucky To the Indiana shore II
March. when the water was filed with
floating ice. He took great delight II
hunting n fishing. and was often alb
sent roaming through forests and ovel
prairies for days and nights together ir
pursuit OF game. lie took part In man,
bold and dangerous adventures"
Lincoln All Round Outdoor Man.
Willard Fillmore was not much Of .
= fisherman. In his boyhood spent IN f,as'
Aurora he ished for brook trout. bu
after he began to study his profession
he was never known to give any atten
( ton to the sport OF zaak Walton.
Franklin Pierce was another Presi
= dent who "a little time to only occa
sional fishing.
Little is told of Abraham Lincoln as
fisherman by his ~biographers because o
I the big events that happened in his life
Blu before Mr.. Lincoln settled down 4
I his profession at Springfield. particular.
= In hts early life, like other backswoods
r men he shot. fshed, rode, drove an,
swan. lie was really an all round ath
lete. Incidentally he was the tallest an,
strongest OF all the Presidents with tn
exception of Washington. Lincoln wa
really n physical giant.
Andrew Johnson was a man reali,
fond Of QshinR- narticularly In his en- I'll