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day. This catch gave the championship to 
Mr. Wallace until our catches on the 14th, in 
which we both beat him by one fish. Who 
will raise the record ? 
A. W. Houston, 
Gen. Atty. for S. A. and A. P. Ry. 
PERRY J. LEwIs, 
State Senator, San Antonio, Tex. 
If this thing goes on, tarpon scores will 
equal those of the small boy bags of ‘‘pumpkin 
seeds,” of which a lad told us years ago, 
‘‘jinted strings wouldn’t hold’em.” But, with 
it all the brothers of the angle, Houston and 
Lewis, should have told us more about these 
tarpon. What did they weigh apiece? On 
what gear were they caught? What bait did 
they take? Was it trolling in the usual 
Aransas Pass way, or did they still fish for 
them? We yearn for the ves geste of this 
grand outing, for when told of a big fish or a 
big creel filled, every earnest angler is apt to 
ask: Well, how was it done? And without an 
answer to this query, he is apt to shrug his 
shoulders and pass along the question until the 
answer comes. We don’t doubt the veracity 
of these record breaking fishers—they are too 
well known for that—but it is like giving a 
minimized measure of water to a man dying 
of thirst, when you tell an angler that you 
caught ‘‘a hummer,” and don’t tell how you 
did it. So kindly talk right out in the meeting 
house, Brothers Houston and Lewis, for the 
benefit of the craft at large.—Ep. 

The Rainbow and the Steelhead. 
In the August number of THE AMERICAN 
ANGLER, article ‘“‘Among the Grayling of 
Michigan,” you speak of the rainbow trout as 
‘Salmo gairdnert.”’ Y have always under- 
stood that the ‘‘ Salmo gairdnerz” was the 
steelhead trout, and ‘‘ Sa/mo zrzdeus’’ was the 
rainbow; also you call the grayling ** 7hy- 
malus stgnifer ontarzenszs.” Is this some- 
thing new? The Manistee river grayling, and 
those from all other streams on the west shore 
of Michigan, we have called ‘ Thymalus trz- 
color. Please set me right on these two fish. 
GRAND Rapips, Ind. Jeleee 
The rainbow trout has been found by Dr. 
Daniel S. Jordan, of the Stanford University, 
California. to be the steelhead, which is merely 
a sea-running rainbow, and you can readily 
see that zrzdeuws must give way to gazrdneri, 
which is the oldest name of the two, 
The graylings are now scientifically named: 
The Alaskan grayling—7hymalus stgnifer. 
The Montana grayling—7hymalus stgnifer 
montanus, The Michigan grayling— Thymalus 
stg nifer ontartensts. 
This nomenclature has prevailed for several 
years.’ It will always vex the layman to keep 
abreast of the scientific terminology of 
American fishes. The waters of the country 
are not all as yet explored, new species of 
fishes are being constantly discovered, and the 
old nomenclature is being modified as in- 
vestigation widens.—Eb. 
A Proper Beginning (See Frontispiece). 
The bright little lad whom we portray upon 
another page is the son of that enthusiastic 
angler, Mr. Kit Clarke, the author of ‘‘ Where 
the Trout Hide.”’ 
The picture is copied from a ‘‘kodak” per- 
petsated “by the father. The little boy, 
although but 4 years of age in June last, 
lifted a 2 tbh black bass from the Ramapo 
river, which runs through his father’s summer 
home. Mr. Clarke says he ‘‘ worked”’ the deep 
hole for an hour without a bite, and while at 
supper the little fellow took the baited rod, and 
in afew moments came back with a triumph- 
ant smile on his face, and the fish in both 
hands, exclaiming: 
‘“‘T got him, papa, but he tried awful to bite 
” 
me. 
Salmon Angling on the Restigouche, 1895. 
Our season did not open good until about 
June 5; a few fish showed about May 25, but 
not in sufficient numbers to induce an angler 
to go out. But few fresh run fish came first, 
many of them being kelts, which have passed 
the winter in the river, going to sea in the 
spring. ‘These are called ‘‘ mended kelts” in 
Scotland, and are generally counted in the 
angler’s score, often here as well as there. A 
few hot days in early spring cleaned out our 
light snowfall and the very dry spring caused 
the water to fall rapidly, so that when the sal- 
mon came, they found the water in the lower 
pools (commonly so good for three weeks in 
June) too low, so they passed through with- 
out stopping, pressing on upwards, sometimes 
looking at the fly, rising short, or taking it so 
gingerly it would come home when the angler 
tightened his wrist. Consequently, with the 
exception of the Sweeny water now in the 
Camp Harmony Club and the home pool of 
the Restigouche Salmon Club, all the lower 
riparian owners were 50 per cent. short of 
their usual number of fish. The club pools at 
Indian House and Patapedia fished well; eight, 
ten and fifteen fish per day for two rods wouid 
