PRESIDENT SENDS 3-POUND PIKE TO GOVERNOR SMITH
Paul Smiths, New York (JFK+50) On July 18, 1926, The Sunday Star reports that President Calvin Coolidge has sent a three-pound pike* to New York Governor Al Smith**. The President caught the fish yesterday morning in Osgood Lake.
Governor Smith, staying at Paul Smiths Hotel here in the Adirondacks, expressed hearty appreciation and had a photograph made on the lawn of the hotel with the pike.
*Northern pike is a fish found in the fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere & named for its resemblance to the weapon (pike). Most are olive-green & typically live 10 to 15 years.
**Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) was born in New York City & served as governor of NY 1919-1920 & 1923-1928. AES was the 1928 Democratic nominee for POTUS but lost to Herbert Hoover in a landslide. He was also the 1st Roman Catholic to be nominated for POTUS.
SOURCE
"President Sends Fish To Al Smith," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
