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quired all the monopolistic enterprises in the 
world and devoted them exclusively for public 
benefit in creating civilization really worthy of 
the name. 
The few “experts” who have advocated peace 
on earth, good will towards men, were not num¬ 
erous enough, nor practical enough to organize 
the great mass of humanity into a compact for 
resisting the manipulations of greedy aristocracy. 
[Note. —Mr. Grether’s theory of the evolution 
of sportsmanship will be developed in an 
article to be published in a future issue of 
Forest and, Stream. His views may not be gen¬ 
erally accepted by everybody, but they at least 
possess the merit of a plain presentation of the 
facts as he sees them.—Ed.] 
IN MEMORY OF THEODORE GORDON. 
New York City, October 15, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
It would be ungrateful indeed and unforgive- 
able were I not to attempt in my poor way to 
supplement the pleasing tribute of Robt. P. 
Lincoln, in your October issue, in memory of 
Theodore Gordon, who, as a brother of the 
angle passed out of our fellowship last May. 
When I first heard of his crossing the last 
stream, I was stricken with the keen sorrow of a 
personal loss, although it was never my privilege 
to meet him. I was attracted to the delightful 
art of angling late in life, and Mr. Gordon’s arti¬ 
cles in Forest and Stream, always interesting and 
instructive, opened a new world in my experience, 
and appealed to me as containing just the informa¬ 
tion 1 , as a novice, stood in need of. That was 
five years ago, and, of course, I am still at the 
foot of the amateur class. But to what little 
efficiency I may have attained, and the huge en¬ 
joyment I have received in this outdoor pursuit, 
I must give credit and thanks to both Theodore i 
Gordon and Robert P- Lincoln. 
The delightful days I have spent on the lakes 
and streams in Canada, in the Maine woods, in 
the Catskills, and the Adirondacks, unforgetable 
and glorious days, not to be measured by the 
number of fish caught or the weight of my creel, 
but by that unspeakable something which enters 
into one’s innermost soul with the murmur of 
the brook, the singing of the birds, the wild 
flowers beneath your feet upon which you hesitate 
to step, and the clapping of the hands of forest 
trees above your head. On such days and in such 
places, one stands face to face with nature andi 
her harmonious music fills the soul to satis¬ 
faction. 
“All these, and many more, of His Creation 
That made the heavens, the angler apt doth see. 
Taking therein no little delectation, 
To think how strange, how wonderful they be; 
And while he looks on these with joyful eye, 
His mind is rapt above the starry sky.” 
Into these priceless experiences of the angler, 
Theodore Gordon entered with fine perception 
and took his readers with him. He was my 
angling mentor and competent guide. Everything 
from his pen I would “read, mark, learn, and! 
inwardly digest” with greater delight, and per¬ 
haps I ought to feel ashamed to confess, with 
more profit, than I in my youthful days studied 
the articles of the Catechism. If it be some¬ 
times true, according to Mark Anthony, that “the 
evil that men do lives after them, the good is 
oft interred with their bones,” it is also true, and 
on higher than Shakespearian authority, that the 
good that men do “follows after them.” Theo¬ 
dore Gordon is dead, but he has left behind him 
a legacy worthy of our highest and long con¬ 
tinued appreciation. 
I am happy to say that I did not make the 
mistake of waiting until Gordon’s death to ex¬ 
press my appreciation of his value. In Forest 
and Stream in 1913, I acknowledged my indebted¬ 
ness. It has been a long established fad of mine 
to give my flowers to friends while they live 
to enjoy their fragrance and beauty, which I 
think is far preferable to piling floral wreaths 
upon a cold grave. 
So, Farewell, Brother Gordon. Our admira¬ 
tion and affection goes with him, and when on the 
streams he loved so well and with such skill 
protrayed the “gentle art,” we will think of him— 
“As in a happier mead, 
Where fish are ever on the teed. 
When skies are fresh and fields are green. 
And never dust nor smoke is seen, 
No news sheets, nor subscription-lists, 
Nor merchants, nor philanthropists. 
For there the waters fall and flow 
By fragrant banks, and still below 
The great three-pounders rise and take 
The ‘Palmer,’ ‘Alder,’ ‘Dun’ or ‘Drake,’ 
Now by that stream, if there you be, 
I prithee keep a place for me.” 
Charles D. Davies. 
Sportsmen in Colorado as well as the .Fish and 
Game Commissioners are beginning to worry 
over the rapid increase in the number of coyotes, 
wolves and marnta’n I ons that are destroying 
the de"r, and it is said that unless a decided 
stand be taken against these animals, there will 
be no use in restocking the State with deer. 
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