The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-04

August TO-. TAT 7A5 732 ESQ si'
Tuna st OTshors Asbury Park Banks.
AsBURY PARK. n. J.. Aug, s.--winiam
Asbury Park Fishing Club returned last
ofrshors banks with the news thai the big
Ens ' a. Ia h.a.r a: .sS p . sa;
whom / heard the outriagers with which
the captain and his son were nshins snap
the sea skiff literally boiled with huge
tuna. We saw these nsh plainly; they were
For Sos snd Mr. ssh and Mr.
after rissins being snapped and carried ,-l;,si
sroasht to ni Boat en tSy 'S Mr. Hsiin.. small
one. which weighed az pounds ounces
on the , nshins club scales; AZ, ,o,,,. Of
news that the tuna are Al sea. although
come to anglers, who have been LOCKING
forward to nshtins these monster morse
mackerer' on rod and reel.
where Are the Sec Bsssf
The We Twelve Fishing Club nshed for
e ssS reesnsy snay MEMBER
were present and all got good messes OF
nsh. The huke ran q good size severe,
was taken By John Brewer with hsh
there must be millions-ot nuke on ~
ting them and practically all the Sleeps
head Bay feet were there ana many otheIs
from other places But wneres on "ho'e'
are the sea bass1
Ulmer Park pier swArmed with nsnerm sa
Sunday. all OF them getting IAtaye.t,e ~ !.
and good sized ones. oceasionav oahtsrs
too seemed to be very busy, but the crus.
taceans ran very small. almost RiX 10
New York. Aug. J.
How 10 Keep shrimp Alive for "a Hours.
G. u. 8. asks, How are shrimp kept
The method nnd best T. 70 place tn, ths
shrimp IN sawdust In = cooi p ,ece, tour
will keep them dry and alive t"ensyvlY
New York. Aug. ,.
Conservation and Repeal OF Buck Law.
In THE SUN OF June 80 over the sigma.
ture M. H Hoover, president OF the new
York Conservation, Inc, In reply ~
'white Birch" appeared an article o %n,cn
threatened would throw beam or two
into dismal swamp Of stasnan' ,eouirer
| walton. where the unfortunate
AS I. am reluctant to confess. vas
also ''ioundering. !. with great sy,dt Ky.
seized upon MT: HoovsT ,. m nr.tI; forecast.
this ..beSm or two" would place me on
| the terra firma of knowledge. so that i
would understand inc Ieaes -as..r,.n
could consistently from the viewpoint OF
| conservation or true sportsmanshlp so''-
Ana then. again, Mr.. Hoover's kind
and unsolicited promise 20 answer Mnite
Birch's' additional questions; poonsr
have felt upon the completion OF ms
mastery dissertation on the human az
tributes Of the different trees OF me wouid
have made to Linnaeus's Elementary
| Botany" Never again shall l traverse
my fsvorits woods0ck hu withnu, feeiinS
abashed that 1 am compelled to associate
with such depraved characters
hausted himself by heaping cheap ridicule
! upon white Birch" In particular ana
''White Birches' in general he though,
| for advocating tie repeal of the buck law.
| Accordingly In an unfortunate moment
he unmasks himself and states that seven ,,en
| teen members Of his precious organiIauon,
with great soiemnity. met and by vote
| of Is to decreed the annihilation OF
does. for ths reason. and nov % Iuo on,nion
that the buck law had proved fai ii,,r
| That IL had resulted in the illegal kilIins
OF more does than had been kl.'e fa resA''
What an interesting statement! How
happily that bunch of doe killing solons
Venting the laws from being violated.
| Hereafter we can prevent the thiei from
| breaking the laws against larceny aho
robbery simply by repeating the law; Why
fret over the inability OF the police to
| prevent murders!
Statistics show that crime ana vioienSe
prevent further violations OF snese M
by repeating the measures; SIrey n.y x
| vention OF crime than Mr.. AooVers sooo
| committee OF seventeen.
! What a terrible Indictment Mr.. hoover
brings against the conservation committee
| and game protectors. whom he had, In an
| earlier paragraph of his letter. sno%n
r rSSI an Increase Of pay. what VIII,
! a startlinR declaration OF their ineni-
cheney.
No Honor in killing n Doc.
But what an absurd statement to make
for a man who undertakes, not only as an
| indiyidual but as president OF an assocl-
| alton which purports to have the interest
| OF conservation at heart
To think that MT. Hoover Is u.aois,,nn
| wishes to go before the citisens snd
! brother sportsmen of this state com
mitted to the declaration ,1 ensa s Of rsl
J tarding, stimulated law breakersi that nTt-
| withstanding all the machinery OF the
| ture OF hundreds of thousands of dollars.
not one person so inclined has been pre-
vented from killing does; that the Censer
| state are so absolutely impotent that they
fail in the enforcement OF the measure
| that has at least. the sanction OF large
majority Of the sportsmen OF this state:
| states. is any provision of the Conserva-
| tion law to be enforced7 Unless. of course.
we adopt his method OF enforcement by
| repeal
! board manner that our good friend asserts
was used by his association and other
| sponsors OF the doe killing law In having
this measure passed, ! simply state that
| I am a subscriber to all the leading outing
| and sporting magazines published in the
| eastern United States and few having
| even more extensive circulation. but
| failed TO md any reference to the intro
| duction of such revolutionary measure
| being introduced or sponsored by Mr.
| Hoover's or any other association.
| Did II ever occur to Mr.. Hoover or hi
| association or the other sponsors for THU
/ measure that a reliable method OF obtain.
| ing the sentiment OF the hunting element
| in this State would be to obtain the con-
| sensus OF opinion OF the hunters by re-
| questing a vote OF the holders Of hunting
| licenses, a list OF which would be gladly
| or the sentiment Of each man could have
been lust as well readily ascertained upon
| his procuring his hunting license, as the
| number OF game birds and animals killed
| the county clark or other person granting
\ the last years hunting licenses.
| But there Is another side to the propo
sition OF deer hunting that stands oui
| / am not unaequainted with the ridiculs
| that the meat hunter heaps upon thu
| sportsman at Every opportunity. Nor am
! I reluctant to forgive the woodsman who
| and environment to procure meat for his
T, ta BILE by the illegal killing OF deer.
! The backswoodsmans lot Is a hard one
and his outlook not too bright But l hav,
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