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Coup is for 300 at 60 consecutive shots. 

 Grand coup is for 400 at 60 consecutive shots. 



(In one or two meets.) 

 Men. Four-foot target at 180 yards, if possible on a 

 steep hillside. 



In the target is a bull's eye, and counts . . 9 



Within 6 feet of outside of target 



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Coup for 300 at 60 consecutive shots. 

 Grand coup for 400 at 60 consecutive shots. 

 (In one or two meets.) 



FISHING 



(By Dr. Henry van Dyke, Author of "Little Rivers," 



"Fisherman's Luck," etc.) 



(Boys are those under 14; lads 14 to 18; men 18 and over.) 



Tackle-making. Boys: To make a 6-foot leader of 

 clean gut, with smooth knots to stand a strain of 5 lbs., 

 coup. To tie 6 different flies, of regular patterns, on num- 

 ber 8-12 hooks, and take trout with each of them, by day- 

 light casting, in clear water, grand coup. 



Lads: To make a bait rod of 3 joints, straight and sound, 

 14 oz. or less in weight, 10 feet or less in length, to stand 

 a strain of 15 lbs. at the tip, 13 lbs. at the grip, coup. To 

 make a jointed fly-rod 8-10 feet long, 4-6 ozs. in weight, 

 capable of casting a fly 60 feet, grand coup. 



Fly-fishing. Boys and lads: To take with the fly, un- 

 assisted, a 3-lb. trout or black bass, on a rod not more 

 than 5 oz. in weight, coup. To take a 5-lb. trout or black 

 bass or a 4-lb. landlocked salmon under the same conditions, 

 grand coup. 



