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The sun., 1919-07-06
FLYING FISH LEAPS NJ
INTO FRYING PAN
Shousi Used as Broiier; Ven
filutor Cleans Leaper. y

HAINEs FALLS, n. Y, July 5.-Lew4s
Kerr while cruising In the West Indies
on ono of Uncle Sans destroyers met
with tha most accommod ting fish In his
angling career. lie tells the story as fol-
lows: ,...
while on watch In tho forward fire.
room on one OF those wonderful nights
no often seen In the tropics. the watsr
was filled with phosphorescence and the
flying fish were everywhere. ~
II had orders to clean my fires and
had just nicely started, had nice bed
OF red hot Goals on the floor plates, and
was stopped over with n shovel in my
hands when fiop. something struck my
shovel and started to splutter. I was
somewhat startled.
"To my anna cement on looking down
saw a nice juicy flying FISH which had
flown into the ventilator over my head.
where It had been struck by a large
veNilating fan. The ventilator, whirh
was running at a high speed. cleaned the
flsh.
The flying FISH was soon in the rot
shovel, which l had in my hands, and
was fried. There was enough salt
water accompanying him to give It n fine
favor, and served with bread and COT
fee was very finc, as flying fish Is q rare
delicacy."
The sun., 1919-07-06
u. S. ENCOURAGES
GAME FARM BREEDING
Work Affords Profitable Oc-
cupotion for Many People.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July Ito an
courage game bird farming the BioloR-
ioal Survey OF the Department OF Ayri-
CULTURE Issues permits authorizing per-
sons to acquire limited number OF wild
water fowl 10 be used as the nucleus OF
a breeding stock.
The Biological Survey says in A state
ment Just issued.
The fact that many States have en-
acted no laws on tho subject, together
with lack OF uniformity In the laws Of
other States. has deferred many persons
from engaging in the business, but II ha =
been demonstrated that many species OF
water fowl. particularly black and mall
lard ducks, can be raised proftably on
lands unsuited to agriculture, and also
in connection with agricultural pursuits
There seems 20 be a growing senti-
ment In favor Of more uniform legisla-
ton In order that domesticated birds may
reach the markets with the least In
convenience to the breeders, while at
the same time the protection Of wild
birds may be safeguarded properly.
This could be accomplished In a
simple and inexpensive manner, II Is be-
lieved, II marking and tagging sys-
tenn similar 70 one in successful opera
ton In New York State for many years
were adopted.
Enactment OF proper laws by an
states, giving full recognition TO this
legitimate business. department special
lists believe would encourage persons 10
propagate wild fowl in captivity, thus
materially adding to the food SUPPLY and
affordins a pleasant and profitable oc-
cupation for large number OF people"
The sun., 1919-07-06
"SHORT" LOBSTERS
LEAD TO ARREST
Many Violators of Law in
Bays of Long Island.

ALBANY, July b.-Wholesale vIola-
lions of tho state laws relating to the
taking OF Holsters, discovered by In
spector Hanlon and game protectors OF
the metropolitan and Long Island d.
visions, have led Conservation Commits
sioner George p. Pratt 10 ISSUE warn
ing to oil fishermen that tire laws on the
statute books relating TO Holsters were
enacted for the definite purpose Of In
croasins the lobster supply and will be
vigorously enforced.
The taking OF young or short" lob
sters, for which arrests TO as many as
thirty or forty a day are being made by
the game protectors, is. according to
Commissioner Pratt. the chief violation
that Is being encountered.
Many OF tha numerous fishermen in
the bays OF Long Island and staten
Island have been found by the pro-
tectors TO be retaining small Holsters
regardless OF the "a ct that the State law
provides that "lobsters less than four
and an eighth inches measured on the
cRrapace shall not be taken. possessed
or sold"
In other words, 70 be leSeally re-
tained. n lobster must measure at least
four and an eight inches from the ex-
I, entity OF the point between the eyes
10 the end OF the hard she'll on the back.
This. says Commissioner Pratt, has
been found TO be the minimum size at
which lobster first reproduces, and the
object OF the law Is to conserve the
supply OF Holsters by giving them a
chance to multiply at least once before
they can be killed
The sun., 1919-07-06
THE DOLPHIN.

We fellows sure were feelin' blue,
Tho reason w-hy-lll tell to you,
The sea was heavy. the day WAS gray,
We had hshed our bait and our souls
away.
A croker bit, and a skate or so.
And q spot would nibble a mild helio
When news came flying down the beach,
Oh! 'cnurchili caught Dolphin,
Ohi Churehilrs got peach.
Some say the brute Was sick to death,
And others say she'd had no breath
Within her chest for weeks.
He says, He hooked her in tho eye;
She reared and bucked and To- she die"
He left her resting on the beach
While merfnaids around began to scrNAch,
OH Churchill caught q Dolphin,
Obi churchilrs got a peach.
The simple tale We know to be,
Miss Dolphin died one night at sea,
The wind and waves had showed her
ashore,
And there she lay for a week or moro.
When Churchill wandered along that way,
saw her npst," hs the small boys say,
Hooked her tight, and pulled her In,
Took her home. and He'd like sin;
hung her on the clubhouse door,
Then he lied and lied some more
'Churchill Hunssrtord OF the Ocean City
Fishing Club.
The sun., 1919-07-06
DOG FOLLOWS FOX
TRACK SEVENTY MILES
Identification Disc Leads to
Finding Marathonsr.

ALBANY, July 5.-"Marathon races in
the woods will never become universal
for the reason that speed and stamina
like that OF Buell. Crannelrs dog are not
universal In the four-footed hunters"
says Warwick 8. Carpenter. secretary
Of the Conservation Commission. mr..
Crannsll lives at West 0lens Falls. and
while hunting near there recently his
dog picked up a fox track. The dog
was picked up next day near Cranberry
Lake, more than seventy, miles away.
Accounts do not state whether the
dog was still going strong or whether
he might have taken the fox back
to Mr.. Crannell. but simply that identi-
ficatlon of tho dog was made by the
Conservation Commission license tag
and that Mr.. Crannell went after the
dog
Tho moral of all this Is that II one
owns a dog good enough to run a fox
through two counties he should surely
be protected by an Identification disc
The sun., 1919-07-06
WAR CROSS FOR CAMP
OF AMERICAN MUSEUM
Sdys Those Who Most Deserve
Decoration Are Dead.

Friends of First Lieut.. Charles T..
Camp have learned that at a recent di-
visonal review in France he was award
ed the French War Cross with gold star
for services in tho Argonne.
Lieut. Camp was working in verte-
brate palmontolOgy and in herpetology
at the American Museum Of Natural
History and Columbia University pre-
vious to his entering the army. Hs has
served with the Seventh Field Artillery,
First Division.
At present he is giving courses in his
tory to the men OF the Eighteenth Infan-
try. In telling his father Of the honor he
has received he wrote: Those who most
deserve the decorations are, however.
under ground"
The sun., 1919-07-06
IT'S WAY YOU PUT I
FLIES THAT COUNT,
Color Perception Important
Factor in Selection Of
Lures for Trout. y
AN AID TO KEEP WATCH,
Bright Colors Have Fascina-
ton for Man; Witness Con-
trasts of Red and Green
BY FELLOW FISHERMAN.


It Is evident that the last word IN
been spoken. Like Bancho's Ghost Il
will not down"
And until some reliable scientist DEM
onstrates from a microscopical examinn-'
ton OF n tcouts eye the presence OF
chromophanes and other evidences Of
color perception in the retina, win the
question be open to argument. ts
From the standpoint OF natural his,
tory such q demonstration would be Of
value, but not necessarily to the angler.
Granting the proof, the degree or acute
ness OF color perception becomes the
important factor In the selection OF our
flies. 10
Pertinent to the subject are these
lines from Pope: 70
What modes OF sght betwixt each
wf6e extreme, u.
The mole's dim curtain and the iynx's
beam:
OF smell, the headlong lioness between.
And hound sagactous on the tainted
OF hearing. from the life that fills the
food,
To that which MARBLES through tho
vernal woodr'
In the anglers ny armamentarium what
is the function OF the Scarlet Ibis, the
Yellow Sally. the Katy-did. the Green
Hackle, or the Jenny Lind7 In my
opinion simply to satisfy his own ses-
thetic tastes and color perception.
Like many anglers 1 always carry
them, for like to see them. Bright
colors hare a fascination for the normal
genus homo.
This one thing might be said Of brill
liant colored flies: THE angler not be-
ing himself color blind is able TO keep
closer watch OF his flies and place them
to better advantage"
After all am inclined to agree with
Tamarack, Ute the way you put It 70
'em"
The sun., 1919-07-06
A MEDITATION.

Why 10 II. when vacation ends,
And come home and tell my friends
Where have been tho whiis;
How IN the woods I've knoek'd about
And salmon caught and square tall trout,
They smllsf
No matter what I do or say,
That same old smile Now tell me, prayl
Is every hsh yarn full Of guile 7
I tell how many hsh rye caught.
They say, "oh. yasl Where were they
And smile.
show a salmon, and they scoff,
Or four pound trout have mark'd on
On paper-all In proper style,
] even show the blood and blime.
"Ohi What an ArtlstW then they chime,
And smile.
They smile as though my only wish
To have them think caught a fish
A little less than half a mile
Salveolinus fontRnalis,
Two pounds they take cum grano sails,
And smile.
shouldn't wonder even though
took a Notary with me 70
An anldavlt 1 might nle,
To show my friends. they still would
Give me look and idle chat
- And smile.
who iaugheth after ali the rest.
30 my fancy do beGuile,
When recall a day and when
I see. that salmon leap again,
J. WARREN HARPER.
The sun., 1919-07-06
Temperature ana Fishing.

OCEAN CITY, NJ j.. July Sit has
been suggested that the Ocean City Fish
ing Club should take the temperature OF
the water and the direction of the wind
twice each day. at high and low tide. and
make a record in the log book of the
clubhouse.
The quality OF tide water fishing. say
tho clubs experts depends on two things
the temperature Of the water and the
time Of the tide--but more on the tenn
.perature than the time. The warmer the
water the better the salt water fishing.
This applies TO all climates The tenn
perature OF the water fuctuates accord
Ing to the direction OF the wind.
One cannot expect to have good fishing
at the seacosst, II there are high winds
and cool weather. Neither is beach
fishing good unless you hsh In gully or
on a rough bottom. The incoming tide
Is a better fishing tide than the outgoing
one.
The sun., 1919-07-06
CATCHES RABBIT WITH HANDS.
Farmer Has Unusual Experience
with Ala or DOG.

dREENv1LLE. ILL.,. July 5.--Eari Olson
tells an unusual story of farmer who
caught live rabbit with his hands. 1t
seems that the farmer had been shocking
corn and had his dog with him.
The incident occurred about the middle
Of the afternoon, on reaching the end OF
tho field, and being tired no lay down
on the grass to rest few moments
During this time the dog scared up a
rabbit, which ran to where the farmer
lay on the grass and crouched between
his legs, thinking possibly 1t was safe
here in the fork OF n limb whereupon
the farmer caught the rabbit as tightly
as II in vice.
The sun., 1919-07-06
Notablos ON the Banks
. Gus Walls.
Sketch No. 6
NJ ARTHUR THORNTON.

Those who are interested in these
articles are all we'll acquainted with
Gus Walls; In fact these anglers often
spend many an hour gossipping with
Cheerful Gus" In his store in New
York. and Il 10 there, right In the store.
where some Of the biggest fish are
caught, that some OF the most amazing
adventures are related, and where the
dead line of yeracity Is strictly adhered
to. for there, indeed, is the Temple OF
Truth! d,
Gus WALK has q host Of friends, and
IL you should meet him aboard one of
the bank boats he Is sure to DE In the
midst OF a gay party discoursing upon
the merits OF this or that kind OF tackle.
1t is only those who know this mod
est angler thoroughly who are really
onto all his amiable tricks and curves
lin a word, Cheerful Gus" has a per-
sonality that attracts. Jolly him r. you
will. but he will come back with interest,
for he can hold his end up In q wordy
scrap and then some
Can also lose as much tackle rs the
rest OF US. ana seems proud of IT. but
then he can AFFORD II. being in the tackle
business No doorknobs for sinksrs on
his rigs. Gives you all kinds Of hooks
wirsn you meet him at sea.
He is very fond Of Limburger cheese;
also partial to bottled die Never gets
angry. but often goes home without Nah.
Has been going to invent a new kind
OF reel. but never gets It done. Always
has one of the incest rods you ever
saw makes them himself, Was hoping
TO cajole him into making me one some
day. but this article has put the kibosh
on It.
Gus used TO nsh on the Angler, Tau
rus and all the old boats, .but now is
generally to be found at sheepshead
Bay With Captain "Archie'-birds OF a
feather flock together, you know---and
the old Capt Joe H. has bunch of
choice spirits aboard, none OF whom are
better known or better liked than Cheer
full Gus" for he Is q fine sportsman and
n most genial shipmate.
The sun., 1919-07-06
HOOKED PORPOTSE-A
3 RINGED CIRCUS
When Marine Acrobat Felt
Sting Of Hook Various
Stunts Happened.
LINE HELD 20 SECONDS
Fish Acted Like a Jumping
Horse Going Over the Hur-
dies Gracefully. .r
LINE HELD 20 SECONDS
ny ALLIGATOR LIGHT.

Reading the letter OF Watermelon
AT In the Rod and Gun column OF THE
SUN OF juno 81 Il was possible to appre-
ciate the fun Al and his associates had
with that porpoise, for harpooned
porpoise IL sure to stir things UP and
provide plenty OF excitement: har-
pooned porpoise. however, is not the
only porpoise that can raise ructions /,
q hooked one Is no siouoh at gymnastics.
While trolling for kingflsh of Alligator
Light on. the southern Florida East
Coast porpoises began to cut Off the
hooked kngish before they could Be
reeied up to the boat.
So many were cut on the anglers be-
came peevish. and II was decided to try
and catch q porpoise on a hook. Three
wire tarpop leaders were twisted to-
gether to form q leader. and to this was
attached q No. II Pfueger-Sobey hook
and this rig was fastened to a casting
line similar to q braided sash cord. This
was thought to make quite a strong
outfit and kingfish Weighing about
eight pounds and still alive was hooked
through the back and dropped overheard.
Tackle Held Porpoise 20. Seconds.
That kinghsh was about seventy feet
from the boat when a porpoise took II;
the line was only about one hundred
feet long and when It came taut and
tho porpoise felt the sting of the hook
things happened. That tackle held for
about twenty seconds and each second
of those twenty seconds was a hectic
second; that porpoise certainly acted
crazy and did some queer stunts, then
the tackle parted and the porpoise went
away from there very, very fast.
In the boat were two men OF con-
siderable angling experience and the
guide Just what happened when the
porpoise felt the pull Of the line and the
pain OF the hook cannot be accurately
described, for when the matter was
talked over after the porpoise was out
OF sight II developed that as in a three
ring circus each spectator had seen
stunts the others had missed seeing.
Like Horse Going Over Hurdles.
After each had stated what he thought
had occurred tho consensus was that a
porpoise had been fast on tho line that
the porpoise did not remain fast very
long that during the brief time the por-
poise was fast II certainly did raise
hell that when IL broke loose 1t went
away from there in a series of the fast
est and most graceful leaps. each jump
being ten feet or more in the air. for all
the world like n jumping horse going
over hurdles. but the porpoise was NOV
ing faster and hurdled with a grace and
ease no horse could ever equal.
II 10 intended to try this stunt again
whom conditions are favorable, and care
will be taken to use q proper outfit. but.
even II the rig holds, all hands with GER
tninly get a violent shower bath when
the porpoise hooked Is brought along
side the boat.
The sun., 1919-07-06

Ny heart and soul are Jenging
For q cottage by the sea.
Or cabin In the mountains
Where the wilderness IL free;
] would get away from sidewalks
Where the weary toll and plod.
For my brain 10 oysrfowins
AND wsht-to talk to God.
Where the Human currents struggle
And the work wheels seldom stop,
Just single voice could never
Reach the silent listening top;
But, In Natures uniet spaces
The acoustics are so fine
That the smallest note or whisper
Thrills the ear that 10 divine.
so my heart and soul are longing
For the sea and untitled sod, 49,.
For my heart 10 OVERCOMING
And ! want 10 talk to God
ROBIN ROMANO In Los Angeles TSstss.
The sun., 1919-07-06
state Engineer in France.

Capt. Russell Suffer- assistant engi-
neer In the division OF waters In the
Conservation Commission, who had
charge OF the water supply and sewerage
dern rtnent OF the commissions work
before he left for France year ago.
found no radical change of occupation
on the other side.
MY chief Job since I have been in
France" he writes has been to try to
get water into hospitals, camps and rail-
road water stations fast enough to
keep UP with the influx of troops,
wounded and trains Somehow we man.
aged 70 do Il. although tho schedule was
doubled on US several times in tho course
OF operations.
IL have 70 far designed water supply
systems for five hospitals I'VE engine
terminals, four railroad water stations
one motor transport repair park two
veterinary hospitals and six Campo
When I say designed ! mean selected
source Of supply, designed all water
piping mains. filtration and publication
plants, and also all sewers"
The sun., 1919-07-06
Fishing Conditions at Rifton.

A. Gordon asked in THE SrN of
Wednesday for Information concerning
the waters at Rifton, N. Y. c. &. Pres
ton. secretary OF the Ulster County Fish
ard Game Protective Association. Kings
ton. n. Y, writes concerning Mr.. Cor
,don's inquiry as follows:
AT Rfton (under the bridge, also
oelow) Mr.. Gordon will ind small mouth
black bass and about one mile below
what ~ called the Sturgeon Hole bass
and pike perch also at Creek Lochs
Bait for bass, live bait and dobson.
also 'oO' or green minnow plug. For
PIKE perch use live bait and plug II
there Is anything We can do to help you
call upon us"
The sun., 1919-07-06
INTERNATIONAL TOURNEY.
ProEra mme of Bait and Fly Cast
Ing Events.

CHICAGO, July 6.-Following are the
events scheduled for the eleventh in
tcrnationai bait and fycasting tourna-
ment to be held here August 10. 80, 81
and September 1:
FRIDAY. August se-s A, NJ, accuraoy dry
ny. unknown distances. 5& ounce rod. II A
NJ. salmon ny distance; i:so p. n, quarter
SATURDAY. August 80 A. NJ, accuracy ar
bait
Sunday. August 21-lo A. NJ, distance ~,
bait
Monday, September IL A. NJ, accuracy,
wet ny, bA ounce rod; II 80 A. NJ, quarter
ounce accuracy bait; $3.50 p. NJ, fisherman q
accuracy bait, y omcs plug.
The sun., 1919-07-06
Hexamer and His Proof.

Charles A. Hexamer, secretary OF
the Philadelphia Board OF Fire Under
writer's Association, is making a great
reputation as fisherman" writes
Frank II. Stewart OF the Ocean City
FISHING Club. ITO overcome prejudice,
nc carries with him a moving picture
machine. When he hooks a large fish,
ne plays 1t with the right hand and
turns the crank OF the machine with
the left, and thereby proves, beyond
any question. the fact that he actually
caught the nsh."
The sun., 1919-07-06
Carp Hook. Itself in side.

-. GREENvILLE. ILL.,. July 6.---Cecil Ken
DALI OF Beaver Creek. H.. while nshing
IN the croak the other day had his rod
almost jerked out OF his hand by a six
pound carp. The Ash had hooked itseit
in it's side.
The sun., 1919-07-06
jersey Fish Limit.

Al Goodman asks the fsh bag limit
in New Jersey
The daily limit Is as follows: Twen-
ty-five trout 10 salmon. 10 black bass.
Tho legal length limit is: Trout 6
inches. black, oswego and white bass.
inches; pike perch, pickerel and pike,
IL inches; calico or strawberry bass,
crappie. inches, striped bass, 10
hcnes. EDITOR
The sun., 1919-07-06
CLERGYMAN FOR FIELD WORK.
To Accompany Roy C. Andrews In
China in October.

The Rev. Harry r. Caldwell, repre-
senting the Methodist Episcopal Church
as missionary at Yenping Fukien Prov
ince, will join Roy @. Andrews In October
for field work IN China under the au.
spices of the American Museum OF
Natural History.
The clergyman assisted Mr.. Andrews
In 1916-19l7 in the Fuklen Province
notably in an attempt TO shoot
melanistic Chinese tiger. Familiarity
known as the blue tiger"
The sun., 1919-07-06
Fish Conventions in Louisyiir.,

The annual meeting OF the Interna-
uonal Association OF Game, Fish and
Conservation Commissioners will. be- held
in Louisville, KY, October 6 and Z. The
American Fisheries Society, will meet ON
October s, 0 and 10 In the same city.
The sun., 1919-07-06
Anglers Club Fall Tourney,

The fall tournament of the Anglers
Club of New York will be held on Sep
tembcr 10 and 10. at tho big lake in
Central Park. the events being as fol-
lows:
First event. Friday, / o'clock, bait
casting for distance. u ounce; second
event. o'clock. light tackle distance nv,
: ounce rod third event, Q O'Clock, dry
ny accuracy. ounce rod fourth event,
4 o'clock. accuracy fly. : ounce rod.
Fifth event, Saturday, 10 O'Clock, N
ounce accuracy bait: sixth event, 10 30
o'clock. y ounce accuracy bait; seventh
event. II o'clock. " ounce distance bait
eighth event. 80 O'Clock, featherweight
distance fly. ounce rod ; ninth event.
$3.50 O'Clock, distance fly. 8 ounce rod,
and tenth event, 4 o'clock, salmon fiy.
A club championship prize will be
given by the club to the member making
the best records without handicap allow
hnoe during the season in the events
listed In the spring Tournament. Mem
oers may cast for this prize at ALI tourna-
ments. and the best record made in each
event will be scored
At the end of the season a special
prize will be given by the president OF
the club to the member making the best
score In not less than fifteen events In
spring and fall tournaments.
The sun., 1919-07-06
CIocknsh Gave Alarm.

Charles T. Maginnis OF the Ocean
City Fishing Club writes: benjamin J.
Cook caught a clockhst last year. Every
time he yanked on the line It would
strike the line with its tail and give the
siarm"
The sun., 1919-07-06
Raising Two Headed Trout.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. July Evan w.
Cobb, superintendent OF the State fish
hatcheries. is rearing at Glenwood a
two headed trout that 10 now an inch
and half long
The sun., 1919-07-06
Ocean City's Pride.

The Ocean City Fishing Club says It
is the only fishing club in America that
has two fishing piers projecting into the
Atlantic Ocean,
The sun., 1919-07-06

DoingS of Local Anglers
With Rod, Reel and Line

North Asbury; August o, Ocean City
Fishing Club coup contest and club
events) at Ocean City; August 16, Bel
mar Fishing Club at Belmar.
Fishing Trips by Local Clubs.
Trips scheduled by salt water ASKING
clubs to the local deep sea grounds fol-
low:
Liberty Fishing Club, Rod and Gun,
Freeport-July Q. 20; August 8. II;
seaweed Fishing Club, Edith, Ulmer
Park--July 6, 20; August 3, II, 81; Sep
tember IA, 2S; October ~, 20; Novem-
Der 2, 16. and December ~.
We Twelve Fishing Club, Edith,
Timer Park--July IL, az: August, 10,
"a; September Z. Fl, and October s, 10.