

caught by themselves may bring only a few 
cents, while one caught by a patron is worth 
to him, the keeper, at least $1 a pound. 
This argument is often effective, and I find 
them selling only carp, buffalo, dog fish, or 
other low grades, but no game fish. 
Ernest Aehle, St. Louis, Mo. 

THE LAW OF RACES, 
A. owns a mill race one-half mile long, 
having its source in a creek, and its outlet 
into the same; also an overflow between 
the 2. He owns the land on both sides 
of the race, from source to below outlet, 
and to centre of said creek. It has been 
the practice when drawing the water from 
the race for repairs (and sometimes for 
the special purpose) to catch what fish 
were in the race, either with rake, spear, 
net or otherwise. 
First. Can A. or his employees, to 
whom he has given permission, be pre- 
vented from continuing this practice? 
Second. Can the same race be made 
into a private fish pond by putting in 
screens and posting the same? 
Subsembers dzyons:: Ney. 
I referred this letter to Attorney Julius 
H. Seymour, 35 Wall Street, New York, 
who replies as follows: 
Sec. 101 of the Game and Fish Laws 
prohibits taking of fish by shutting or 
drawing off water for that purpose; but 
the commissioners may give permission 
to the owner or persons in charge of pri- 
vate pounds, reservoirs, or the waters of 
the state to do so, for the purpose of tak- 
ing carp, pickerel or other deleterious 
fish, and no others. I do not think this 
mill race is a pound, or a reservoir or 
public water, and if it were, permission 
must first be obtained and only such fish 
as are mentioned above taken. The pen- 
alty is $100 for each violation. 
The public should keep clearly in mind 
that the game laws protect fish and game, 
no matter whether they are in a lake, or 
an aquarium, or in public or _ private 
waters. A trout is a trout, and it cannot 
be caught or possessed within the pre- 
scribed periods, no matter where it lives. 
The State owns it and allows its destruc- 
tion only at specified times and places, 
set forth in the laws. 
I think the owner of this race way can 
be prosecuted, and prevented from con- 
tinuing the practice. 
2d. Whether A. can make a private fish 
pond of his mill race, is answered in Ar- 
ticle IX, Sections 210 to 216 of the game 
laws. He can post notices at least one foot 
square, on at least every 50 acres of the 
land or along the banks of the mill race, 
giving a brief description of the premises 
and the owner’s name, etc., Sec. 211, and 
if he desires to devote the mill race to 
propagation, etc., he must advertise as 
per Sec. 212, and post notices. 
ze FISH AND FISHING. 47 
Winsted, Conn, June 2, ’99.—Accord- 
ing to the report of several witnesses for- 
mer President Cleveland had a narrow 
escape from arrest for trespass. He 
started trout fishing Tuesday morning 
and trespassed on posted land regardless of 
the signs, ‘Trespassing, hunting and fish- 
ing on these premises strictly forbidden 
by law.” He was not molested until he 
wandered on to the grounds of Frank 
Johnson, a Tyringham farmer. Johnson, 
who has had one fisherman arrested this 
season for taking trout out of his brook, 
saw the former President just as the latter 
landed a large trout. 
Johnson ordered the stranger to leave 
the premises or he would have him ar- 
rested. The demand was complied with. 
Served him right, and if half the re- 
ports printed about Grover’s big kills are 
true he deserves to be driven off the 
earth.—Ep. 

SHINERS. 
I saw an item in RECREATION about a 
year ago about catching bass through the 
ice. I think it stated that they bury them- 
selves in the mud and remain dormant 
through the winter. Several readers said 
that they had never heard of them being 
caught through the ice. It is common here 
to catch them that way. 
Wordens’ pond is about 3 miles from this 
place, and one of the best fishing -resorts 
that we have in Rhode Island. 
iweb be romidence, sae lL, 

Black bass fishing was excellent here last 
fall on the Mackinaw. One afternoon, 5 
to 5:30, my brother and I caught Io, weigh- 
ing 18 pounds. One weighing 4 pounds 2 
ounces, 2 more 3 pounds each. 
CO. Patten, El Paso,. Ik: 

I should be pleased to read in ReEc- 
REATION of some Northern Indiana bass 
catches, as I don’t think our small lakes 
can be beaten for the gamey black bass and 
honest fishing. 
W. C. Shermet, Alexandria, Ind. 

Fred Dixon recently made a fine catch 
of pickerel, averaging 5 pounds each, and 
Chas. Solberg and Alex. Campbell a good 
catch of brook trout. 
W. K., Metropolitan, Mich. 

Fishing in and around this place has 
been fully up to the average in some of 
the lakes. Quails have been fairly abun- 
dant. 
E. M. Seth, Orlando, Fla. 

