The sun., 1919-10-03
Anglers Leave for New Inlet Camp.

Anglers Leave for New Inlet Camp.
Seeking channel bass, bluensh and weak
fish In the surf at New Inlet. N. j., group
OF anglers will leave this afternoon from
the Forty-second Street Country Club, and
in an auto and motor truck will journey
camp there tonight and in the morning
sail for New Inlet, where they will put up
The party viii be composed OF Dr. Joseph
w. Droogan of Westchester, with his son,
who has been released from service In the
Ign. DR.. Charles e. Sanford of New Haven
Frank Van Ripper OF Westchester and AL
bert Olches of Brooklyn.
Reports come from the south Jersey
coast that mullets are moving in schools
and that the surf Ash are congregating
along the beaches on their way to Southern
waters.
Six Species Mt Hghtship.
Twenty anglers on board the Joe Pinkett,
at the lightship, last Sunday boated 800
FISH Of various varieties, Including black
fish, hake, ling whiting. cunners and con-
ger eels First prize was won by a black,
whiting.
weakfish at Fire Island.
Guy Davis OF seaford reports weakfsh
catches taken recently at Fire Island as
follows; J. Rathman, East Norwich. Is; B.
PORT washnston n e. snd w christ. I FARM
ingdale. II weakfsh. d
S Charlie. Pstti1ger; Thomas wsilase; NJ !;
with W. Schuster. caught rs weakfish.
Loving Cup for Largest Buck.
sARANAC LAKE. N. Y. Oct 2.-Dr
offer Of a silver loving cup to the person
killing the largest buck. The trophy is
now on display In the village.
Agreement Not to Kill Does.
LAKE PLACID. N. Y, Oct. 2--Deer are
reported numerous and 1t is estimated that
more than $4,000 hunters will enter the
Adirondacks this season.
Because of the amendment to the law
which allows each hunter to take one deer
lowed two bucks, w. Seward Webb. Jr., of
New York, secretary of the Nehasane
Park Association, has expressed the fear
lead to the determination of deer in the
Adirondacks. The result is a movement
headed by the association to prevent by
agreement the killing of does on the pre-
serves of private owners.
Buck Law Saved Men; Deer Increased.
NJ. H. Hoover, president of the New
York Conservation Association which lat
ter organization takes the credit CD OF
umns Of THE SUN for a deluge of words,
but has he said anything worth while?
wonder II Mr.. Hoover honestly believes
that does should be killed. He is an out
door man. The deer is the beauty phan-
tom of our great outdoors. How often
have we met deer in the opening clear
reluctantly by the doe. with its melancholy
eyes watching our approach. Men who
aSs tspe hs %Saa rs ans And law sE
out this life. Always r,"n have had
slderaticn for the female of the species.
Hunting the buck is different The buck
Is sly. alert. swift of foot and has abilities
to tax the, skill OF the hunter.
The buck law has been tried and proved
success in the Adirondacks and else
where. all conditions carefully considered.
Lot me cite an incident: | was a for
ester, having charge of a particular region.
Conditions in this region reached point
where a number of men had been wounded
or killed and the deer were on the decline.
a buck law was enacted. 1t saved human
life and the deer herd increased.
What viii Mr. Hoover have to say when
the death lists are published as a result
OF the repeal OF the buck law?
New York. Sept. 20.
Tom Mix Lands -Four Tuna In One Day.
As soon as he finished his latest William
Fox picture Tom Mix, the noted cowboy
star, went to Catalina Island, of the Cali
While there he was urged by Sol NJ. wurt-
eel, general superintendent of the Fox stu
dos, who accompanied him, to try his
hand at tuna fishing. Mix. who never had
once"
SO they went out to make a tuna catch
In less than ten minutes after Mix had
thrown out his line he got bite; and
this is how he describes his experience:
was slttinb up IN the stcTn Oh the
boat figuring out stunt for picture
when l was brought back to the work be-
fore me by pull that felt as though /
had a mountain on the end of my line.
oh, boy!' / yelled, I've got whale on
here! for that is just what 1t felt like.
And I started to pull in. But the old tuna
had something to say about that and
started to pull out. 1 soon realized that
had job on my hands; that there was
quite q difference between catching tuna
"Finally, after one hour and twenty
minutes of the hardest work ever did.
landed him. He weighed exactly 81
pounds. 1t was a mighty proud moment
for me too when landed him
MY next catch was tuna weighing
66h pounds This took me exactly thirty
caught my third tuna in eighteen min
utes; this one also weighed 66h pounds
l finished up the days sport by landing
my fourth tuna which weighed "a pounds
"Of course, being an amateur at this
sport, l did not know whether / had done
a good days work or not; but l received
many congratulations. so I got chesty."
Avalon, CAL, Sept. IL. Z. b. s
Necessity for Bird Protection.
The New Jersey Audubon Society faces
a crisis in which Its continued existence
is threatened. The public seems to fall
to grasp the necessity of bird protection.
Misplaced economy holds back even 81
memberships. insufficient funds have
necessitated more and more curtailing OF
activities. until the present situation IL
that we must either have $1,000 or $4,000
additional funds 10 maintain expenditures
TURF.