Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
PAUL TOWNSEND
Is LAID TO REST
0ooatiuusa NON Pir.s Pass,
Inb d Washington.

Club In Washington.
Well-knoWn nationally and inter-
nationally as a fisherman, Mr.. Town
send inaugurated marlin fishing al
Ocean City, Md, and was the key
spirit In developing this sport into
what today is considered one Of the
outstanding deep-sea fishing spots
along the Atlantic coast.
A year and a half ago his son,
Paul, Jr., was killed in a fall from
the roof Of their home in George
town, Washington. His mother, too,
was fatally injured in a traffic ac-
cident some years ago.
Lauded By Writer
Bill Ackerman, famous sports wFi-
ter and longtime friend of Mr.. Town
send, last Friday devoted his en-
tire column in the Washington Post
to Mr.. Townsend's fishing compan-
ion.
The column follows:
Sportsman? Conservationist? Yes
indeed, Paul Townsend deserved
those names, by any standard, as
we'll as many others.
HE was fair always-in his games
and to his fellow-man, in his pur-
suit of game in field and stream all
prudent in their taking. He abhor-
red any waste of wild creatures
above their use as food. His great
est desire seemed to be in showing
to others their ways and needs. He
was their friend
Famous Troop Member
Facets in a most lovable per-
that, now after his death.
brought about by his skidding off a
wet road last week while on the |
way to his hunting lodge down on
he Maryland Eastern Shore. will be
IN everlasting memory to those
With whom he. tramped the woods |
Ind shot and f1shed.
HE will be remembered for other
hings; as a member of the famous
Black Horse Troop at Culver; as
IN outstanding tackle on the Cornell
oOtball team of 1920; as a finished
lirman and a successful business
nan; but mostly ii will be in the
port fishing world that his accom-
llishments will be marked in large
etters, for it was his great love. To
t he gave much.
"He was a member of the 1887
American team that fished in the
Tuna Matches in Nova
Scotia. and captain of the team in
1898.
Pioneered Marlin Fishing
at was while practicing for the
first of these events he caught 36
IF the giant bluefin tuna in five J.
lays-eleven in one day-on light
tackle. A performance that has
never been equaled.
"He pioneered the white marlin
fishing off Ocean City, giving to
northern anglers a nearby fishing
ground that in the short five years
IF its existence has made big-game
fishing history and promises even
more in the years to come. In fol-
owing this fishing his navigation of
)ur OffshOre waters was the marvel y
If those who fished with him.
''He was the recipient of the 1888
Sportsman's plaque,
given by the Maryland Fish and
lame Protective Association, for his
work. In turn he is the donor of
he Townsend Trophy, given for the
lrst time in 1910 to the Ocean City
tagging and re-
easing the greatest number of mar
in. The purpose of which was to
each their conservation and learn
lore of their life cycles and migra-
ions.
Mans Man
"Otter Valley Run. the Frederick
ounty trout stream he improved to
uch an extent it became in a single
ear not only the wonder of all who
shed it. but model and test stream
Dr. the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
ice 1t was the birthplace of the
of the Jungle Cock.
"A friendly stream, and one loved
Y the hundreds that iished it be-
luse it reflected the love and friend
nip Paul Townsend had for every
ne. Today it is the living memory
a mans man."