THE GOLDFIELD HERD. 



I send you under separate cover the 

 photo requested. The gentlemen shown in 

 the picture actually caught the fish dis- 

 played, and what is more, that is only a 

 sample of the many beautiful catches made 

 at Spirit lake every year. 



late the law. We have an informal organi- 

 zation here, and so far as we can learn 

 the sportsmen of Cedar Rapids have ob- 

 served the law closely. Some pot hunters 

 were out once or twice early in the season, 

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ONE DAY'S CATCH AT SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA. 210 CROPPIES 250 POUNDS. 

 J. A. Conger, Harry Agard, John Cameron, S.G.Keith, Ted. Hunton. 



It may be of interest to readers of 

 Recreation to know that the spirit of true 

 sportsmanship is on the increase in Iowa. 

 Our legitimate sportsmen are organizing 

 for the prosecution of the poachers, and 

 with the assistance of our new State fish 

 and game warden, are making things lively 

 for the violators of the law. Only this 

 week Mr. Lincoln had shipped to his home 

 in this city a 900-foot seine, captured at 

 Fort Madison and confiscated under a law. 

 A number of successful prosecutions have 

 been made for violations of the chicken 

 law, and now we are out to protect the 

 quails. 



The only way to stop poaching is for le- 

 gitimate sportsmen to organize in the vari- 

 ous communities and offer rewards for the 

 apprehension of the scoundrels who vio- 



ness, and put up their guns until Septem- 

 ber 1 st. W. E. Holmes, 

 City Editor the Gazette, Cedar Rapids, la. 



ANSWER. 



You say "the gentlemen" shown in the 

 picture actually caught the fish displayed. 

 I regret to say that I, in common with 

 thousands of other men, can not agree with 

 you in the term you apply to these chaps. 



The legend written on the picture says, 

 "210 croppies, 250 pounds." 



There are 4 men shown in what purports 

 to be the "Goldfield Gang," and who are 

 supposed to have done the fishing. The 

 man in the center, who seems to bear the 

 greater portions of the burden, is supposed 

 to be the guide, or oarsman, and is not 

 supposed to have done any of the fish- 

 ing. Leaving him out of the count, it 



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