WANDLE-WEIR AND HERON-BILL. 103 



LARGEST 

 TROUT. 



Captured with the fly by Jack Leister, LBS. oz. LB 



16th May, 18, . . . 37 . 7 2 



By Tom Otter, ditto, . . 31 . 6 2 



Sum total, 68 . 13 



Captured by Mark Wandle-weir, 16th LBS. oz. 



May, 18, . . . 30 . 13 



By Richard Heron-bill, ditto, . 21 . 1 



Sum total, 51 . 14 



68 . 13 



Balance in favour of the club, 16 . 15 



(Signed) ANTHONY SMOULTER-JAWS. 



NATHAN SWIVELTOP. 



Accordingly, the club competitors were by the 

 umpires declared victorious. 



Of course, some chagrin was felt by Mr. Wandle- 

 weir upon this declaration, and testified, besides, by 

 a challenge immediately given to Jack Leister to 

 compete with him next morning, single-handed, and 

 on opposite banks of the river no wading permit- 

 ted, as it seems this worthy and excellent member 

 of our club generally adopted the heron-mode of 

 angling, to which system was attributed the whole 

 of his present success. Leister, without hesitation, 

 agreed to take part in the contest, which being de- 

 cided on the following afternoon, the result was im- 

 mensely in Jack's favour. He ran no less than 1 5 Ibs. 

 ahead of his opponent, and accordingly ended all 



