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The event was held at a dam across a creek flowing through a park. It had been stocked with 800 bluegills and 100 carp for the occasion. It was a big event and a good time was had by all. es pecially the self-congratulatory adults—but have you ever watch ed such a kids' event? The entire emphasis was on catching some thing somehow, and not on teach ing the children anything about fishing or sportsmanship. It was a greedy race to see who rould kill a fish to win a baseball bat or a wagon. Hsh and fishing be came a means to an end. rather than an end in themselves, and it would be a. smart child, indeed, who learned about sportsmanship from such an event. And another thing—it is illegal to plant carp ill that state. Yet the persons who ran the contest, knowing nothing of fishing or such laws, slocked flic creek with carp Such contests, unfortunately, are becoming very common across the nation. It is almost sacrilege ! to say. as Wolf docs, that such | contests arc so much bumcombe 1 and should be abolished. They do not teach a child anything about fishing. They do learn a | bit about cheating and poor sportsmanship, and regard fish as I some tiling to be caught to win a priae.
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