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T]ic Avicrican Ano-ler. 



for his money is a splendid sail, a long railroad 

 ride, a big basket of weak fish, a lively time 

 catching them, and a good living while under 

 way. Ordinarily there is no risk of seasickness 

 and absolutely no danger. 



The captains are all safe men, and a stranger 

 may go out with them without making a bar- 

 gain beforehand. Among the best known and 

 most thorough sailors are Edward Parker, 

 George Haring, David Chamberlain and Joel 

 Barcalow. 



Big Salmon Score. 



A prominent Western angler writes as follows : 

 I cannot help crowing a little bit, but I think I 

 had the satisfaction of making a record on sal- 

 mon fishing this year on the Grand Cascapedia, 

 viz., the landing of four salmon with an 8 ounce 

 trout rod. I used my trout line and reel, which 

 carried about sixty yards ; put on a salmon 

 adder, however, and a small dusty miller. One 

 of these fish weighed 37 pounds, and I killed it 

 in thirty-five minutes. Another weighed 20 

 pounds and the other two 25 pounds and 26 

 pounds. They fought better than I have seen 

 a salmon fight for years ; they were all lively 

 jumpers, and it was great fun to handle them 

 with the little rod. My average on the Casca- 

 pedia was heavy. While I did not take a great 

 number of salmon, yet, the first thirteen taken 

 averaged 30% pounds each. The three largest 

 weighed 43, 41 and 42 pounds. 



To-night we are going to run our car up on 

 the F. and P. M. west of here, and take two or 

 three days on the Little Manistee, where we 

 ought to get some very nice trout fishing. It is 

 a beautiful stream. Michigan's fishing has been 

 superb this year. At Baldwin and the Pere 

 Marquette river some very large rainbow trout 

 have been taken, the largest one weighing 8% 

 pounds, but I have heard of a number weighing 

 3/^ to 4>^. On the Au Sable river the fishing, 

 too, has been superb. There also the rainbow 

 trout are found. 



Fixtures. 



ISecretaries of clubs are requested to send in notices 

 of meetings and shoots.] 



AUGUST. 



Aug. I— Philadelphia, Pa.— Trap-shooting in connec- 

 tion with Caledonian Club games at Washington. 

 Open to gun clubs of Philadelphia and suburbs. 

 Handsome prizes. Team shooting and sweepstakes. 

 Entrance fee. 



Aug. I, 15, 29 — Chicago, 111. — Chicago Fly-Casting 

 Club's contests, north lagoon, Garfield Park. 



Aug 4-5 — Auburn, N. Y.— Tournament of Auburn 

 Gun Club, blue rocks thrown from the Magan trap. 



Aug 4-5 — WoRTHlNGTON, Minn. — Amateur tourna- 

 ment of the Worthington Gun Club. 



Aug. 4-6— Chicago, 111.— Tournament of the Du Pont 

 Smokeless Powder Company. E. S. Rice, Manager. 



Aug. 5— Sandusky, O.— Tournament of the Sandusky 

 Gun Club. Merchandise prizes ; added money. 



Aug. 5-6— Greenville, Tex. — Tournament of the 

 South Texas Gun Club League. Inanimate targets.' 



Aug. 5-6 — Louisiana, Mo.— Amateur tournament of 

 the Louisiana Gun Club. 



Aug. 8 — Dedham, Mass. — First annual tournament of 

 the Dedham Sportsmen's Club. Targets. 



Aug. 8-9 — Sheboygan, Mich. —Annual tournament of 

 the Sheboygan Rod and Gun Club. Clay and live- 

 birds. 



Aug. II— Albany, N. Y.— Tournament of the West 

 End Gun Club. Bluerock traps and targets. 



Aug. 11-13 — Manito, 111, — Pekm and Spring Lake 

 Hunting and Fishing Club's tournament. 



Aug. 11-14— Detroit, Mich. — Jack Parker's sixth an- 

 nual international tournament. Fuller details. 



Aug. 12-13— Renssaler, Ind. — Iroquois Gun Club's 

 tournament. 



Aug. 12-13 — DULUTH, Minn. — Fourth annual tourna- 

 ment of the Central Gun Club. Targets. 



Aug. 13— Fairbank, Iowa.— Shoot of the Fairbank 

 Gun Club. Inanimate targets and live birds. 



Aug. 15-16 — Menominee, Mich.— Menominee Gun 

 Club's tourijament. 



Aug. 18-19 — M.\rshall, 111. — Second annual tourna- 

 ment of the Marshall Gun Club. 



Aug. 19-20 — Wars.\w, Ind. — Third annual tournament 

 of the Lake City Gun Club. 



Aug. 19-22 — Monroe, La. — Second annual tournament 

 of the Monroe Gun CUib. 



Aug. 26-27— Burlington, ^'t. — Tournament of the 

 Interstate Association, under the auspices of the 

 Lake Side Rod and Gun Club. 



Aug. 26-27 — K.\LAMAZOO, Mich. — Tournament of the 

 Celery City Gun Club. 



Aug 31-Sept 2 — St. Paul, Minn.- -Annual tournament 

 of the St. Paul Gun Club at the State Fair grounds. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Sept. 2-4 — BUFF.^LO, N. Y. — Tournament at Auduborn 

 Park ; targets and live birds. B. F. Smith, ^lanager, 



Sept. 7^M.\RION, N. J. — Si.xth annual tournament of 

 the Endeavor Gun Club. Targets. J. A. Creveling. 

 secretary. 



Sept. 8-io^G.\LT, Ont. — First annual tournament of 

 the Ontario Rod and Gun Club. $1,000 added money. 



Sept. 10— West Lebanon, N. H.— All-day shoot of the 

 West Lebanon Gun Club. 



Sept. 12, 26— Chicago, 111.— Chicago Fly-Casting Club's 

 contests, north lagoon, Garfield Park. 



Sept. 15-17 — K.\nsas City, Mo. — Schmelzer Arms Co.'s 

 tournament. $750 added monev. 



Sept. 29-Oct. 2— Harrisburg, "Pa.— Annual tourna 

 ment of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Associ- 

 ation, under the auspices of the Harrisburg Shooting 

 Association. 



OCTOBER. 



Oct. 6-8— Indianapolis, Ind.— Autumn tournament of 

 the Limited Gun Club, for amateurs only ; pigeons 

 and sparrows. Roval Robinson, secretarv. 



Oct. 7-9.— N'EWBURGH, N. Y.— Annual fall tournament 

 of the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association ; 

 targets and live birds ; added monev announced later. 



Oct. (second week) — Baltimore, " JNId. — Baltimore 

 claims this week for her tournament. Dr. Samuel 

 J. Fort, secretary. 



Oct. 14-15— Greensbuy, Ind.— Second annual tourna- 

 ment of the Greensbuv Gun Club. 



1897. 



March 23-25— New York City- The Interstate Associ- 

 ation's fifth annual grand American handicap at live 

 birds. 



June (third week)— Cleveland, Ohio — Fourth annual 

 tournament of the Chamberlain Cartridge and T-ra 

 get Company. 



