A BUFFALO FISH HOG. 



I regret to have to call your attention to 

 the enclosed picture from the Buffalo Ex- 

 press of February 23. It shows we have 

 here some of the genuine breed, and 1 take 

 it that the Mr. Clay referred to is the old- 

 est member of the herd. He at least has to 

 leave Buffalo to show his proclivities. 

 Based on the picture of the Goldfield herd, 

 as posed for a recent issue of Recreation, 

 Mr. Clay is far more culpable, because 

 while the 4 in that group caught 250 pounds 



of a well known Buffalo man, Mr. H. M. Clay, 

 who is spending the winter in Florida. He is seen 

 at the right in the above picture, with the fish 

 he caught in one day recently near Sanford, on 

 a 7 ounce rod. They are all large mouth bass. 

 Usually a 2 to 4 pound bass is considered a prize. 

 There are shown hanging up 30 fish, weighing 

 230 pounds, an average of over 7 pounds. The 

 largest weighed 14%, the next 11V4., and the 

 next 10; total 83 pounds. In the foreground 

 are several bass 2 to 5 pounds in weight. 



Another case of slaughter and vulgarity 

 combined. When will men learn that 



A MEMBER OF THE BUFFALO HERD 



of croppies. Clay, personally, and alone, 

 caught over 230 pounds of large mouth 

 black bass. The picture shows 30 fish on 

 the wall and a dozen more in the. pile on 

 the floor. 



Mr. Clay, no doubt, thinks he has done 

 a great thing, and the local editor seems to 

 consider the feat worthy of presenting to 

 his readers. Of course Clay knows that 

 in this State he could not take in pne day 

 so many bass, but probably he would if he 

 had the chance. H. M., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Here is what the Express said of the 

 picture and the man who posed for it : 



Lake Erie fishermen this winter complain that 

 there are no fish. How different is the luck 



butchery is not sport? When will news- 

 paper men learn that such exhibitions as 

 the above are disgusting to all decent peo- 

 ple. — Editor. . 



You are doing more for the protection of 

 game than you have any idea of, and your 

 sentiments can not fail to be endorsed by 

 every true sportsman in the country. Rec- 

 reation is making sportsmen out of hun- 

 dreds of men who were fish and game 

 hogs. J. Dickson, Durham, N. H. 



May — I hear Belle had a great talk with 

 Harry out on the beach. 



Clara — I should say she did. Even her 

 tongue is sunburned, — Life. 



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