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FOREST AND STREAM. 



IOct. 35, 1883. 



uk-: 



Hi'oiifr: When your dispatch arrived I was off on a trip 

 through the interior of mj district. 1 started at once on 

 arrival here, but men and fish were in New York when I ar- 

 rived at Greenwood Lake. 1 waited for one of them to get 

 back and then received information from him and others 

 at the lake to the effect that you permitted him to take the 

 fish. If this is not so answer at once and 1 will come down. 

 — Matiiew Ken'kf.tiy, 



We have these letters and telegrams from Mr. Blackford, 

 whose indignation at being placed before the people about 

 Green wood" Lake in the light of a violator of the law. instead 

 of an enforcer of it, u as verr strong, lie said: "Mr. Silk 

 has lied. This is the third time he has been over here for 

 black bass, and he met with no opposition the first time, when 

 he may have taken them legally for all I know; at least he 

 took them from the Delaware River, between New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania. The second time he went to Greenwood 

 Lake, and although there was some opposition to his letting 

 them, it was so quietly done and in such short lime, that this 

 opposition amounted to nothing more than a little talk about 

 '''-'& Since that, however, this 

 and from a low murmuring 

 of indignation, and since the 

 rith his ready lies to meet every 

 [ torrent that will effectually pre- 

 g to repeat ft, Mr. Silk will never 

 "for flfih Of any kind. He will he 

 laud as a man with no respect for 

 id :is one who will tell a falsehood 

 not know whether he is still in the 

 of Exeter or not, but if he is, the 

 . . what, his representative has done in 

 Mathew Kennedy comes down 1 will have 

 to him. Had I known that he was absent 

 i -red Mr. J. H. Godwin, the game protector 

 seize the fish upon the wharf." 

 last of this case, we have good reason to 

 ! tone of Mr. Blackford's remarks, and we 

 shall watch it with interest. If a stranger can go to Green- 

 wood Lake, and, in defiance of the law and barely on his 

 own word, net the waters there, then there is no protection for 

 lish in the State. We do not blame Mr. Silk as much as we 

 do those who live on the lake and took his money for fish 

 taken contrary to law. We do not know the Dames of the 

 people and it 'would make no difference if we did. Mr. Sails. 

 was not a resident of the country and came to accomplish an 

 object. He knew the law but evaded it by telling a false- 

 hood, and left with what he came for. The men who sold 

 him the fish live near the lake, and ii' they do not knoii the 

 law concerning the taking of black bass with nets we hope 

 that they will get a practical lesson before the courts. 



the shores of the lake 

 talk has assumed a lou- 

 protest has swelled into 

 last foray of Mr. Silk, 

 emergency, it has income i 

 vent him from atterupth 

 come to America agair 

 branded throughout the 

 the laws of the country, 



to gain his ends. 

 employ of the Mi 

 Marquis should 1 

 America. When 

 something to aaj 

 I would have ord 

 of this district, to 



Thi 

 beh :v 



1 

 •quis 



the ground, and some new ones offered 



fered fro 



lowing 

 Hawes n 



iDg C 



i that of the light 

 -ill 



ed the 

 ! bv tl it- 



contest dif- 

 3 class of last year only in al- 

 ■ight to the rods. Last year Mr. 

 mnce rod, casting 83 feet, a distance 

 pabilities of such a rod. This 

 feci, with a rod a minute frac- 

 >rd followed him with 70 feet. 



second. Mr. Hawes held bis own with his last year's east 

 and came in second. There was no wind. 



SCOHE CLASS E.— SINGLE HANDED RODS. 

 Open to all. Distance only to count. Judges, .1. 0. McAndreW, H. 



F. Crosby. F. En icott. referee. 



came to the stand all eyes wei 

 is simply perfection; the line 

 touching the water, and oft 

 Mr. T. J. Conroy surprised c 

 a rod many seasons, and it w 

 a good third, beating the twe 

 and accuracy. Another son 

 here and beat his father 

 'ous than usual. 11 



l standing at an angle of 35°. 

 ■ry one, forhe has not handled 

 ; a surprise to see him come in 

 leaders in points for delicacy 

 n of Harry Friehard's entered 

 ho was in bad form and more 

 V is a most unreliable caster. 

 While his 91 feet of last year heads the record still, his dif- 

 fidence, self-consciousness, or whatever unnerves him, is so 

 great that there is no telling whether he is liable to come out 

 ahead or at the toot. Mr' Hier, who won the amateur con- 

 test at Coney Island in 1881, was also not up to the expecta- 

 tions of his friends, and only heat Yarney, who cast two feet 

 beyond him, on points for d. and a. 



SCORE IN CLASS D— EXPERT. 



Length 

 of Kod. 

 Ft, In. 



..10 3 

 . 9 



Weight Dis- 



of Kod. tanee. 



Ozs. Ft. 



the 



V 10 



5 



67 



a 



10 





67 



% 



10 



5 



67 



t 



M 





61 



2 



10 



m 



83 



t 



SECOND 



DAY, 



OCT, 



17. 



continued fine, but coute 



4anl 



scinbie, and 



it was 



11:30 



inste 



15 

 20 

 20 



The vcathj 

 were slow to 

 entries for the first contest were made and tl 

 in the boat. Mr. Ira Wood had been a sped 

 before and felt rather disappointed to learn that 

 prize winner the amateur classes in single~haB.de 

 were, not open to him. He had read the ruli 



The. 



T. ,7. Co 



. Pnclia 



Length 

 of rod. 

 ...11 (1 

 ...11 2 



. 11 Ii 

 .il o 

 ...11 6 

 ...11 

 ...11 



70 



The tournament was a most, successful one. and the records 

 will be seen lo be above the average of last vear. The plat- 

 form from which the casting was done was eight feet square, 

 twenty feet from shore, and one foot above ifle water. No 

 accident or ill-feeling marred the pleasure of the company, 

 and the only regret was the illness of Mr. .lames Beukard, 

 chairman of the committee of arrangements, which pre- 

 vented his attendance. A social dinner at the Metropolitan 

 Hotel followed the events of the first, day. and a business 

 meeting was held, the proceedings of which we give else- 

 where. 



SALMON FISHING IN THE MADELEINE. 



r IMIROUGH the courtesy of J. X. Gregory. Esq.. Quebec, 

 Jl Canada, wc have received the following score of 

 salmon caught in the 3Iadeleine River, Gaspe, during the 

 season of 1883: 



7 ^1= = 



THE ANGLERS' TOURNAMENT. 



:s in part of the cl 



of the hour, if, w 



bass casting and thi 



-e the entire report. 



ED FLY-CASTING. 



IN our last. iss«e we gave tl 

 bid, on account of the J 

 possible to give those of the b 

 distance class. We now give 

 STJSGL 



pert 1 



No rod to exceed 11 11 . 



style of reel or I 



,t. le- 



i lei 



threi 



rod; 



ist fordista 



lender 



which 



No allow- 



5. Each 



and live 



and audience 

 d of 10, before 

 e judges were 

 ' tor~the day 

 is a former 

 Ilv-casting 

 ;s as published 

 in Fouestaxd Stream a few weeks before and the clause 

 having prize w inncrs was not published until the programme 

 was circulated niton the grounds. But he never grumbled, 

 and stayed all the first day helping the amateurs with word 

 and hand, as we have seen him help even his opoonculs in a 

 match, and his cheerful, honest face beamed with delight at 

 good cast from an amateur. He looked over the rules 

 gain and discovered that he was eligible for the amateur 

 itluion casting and entered. There were but few on the 

 grounds who were eligible, for the rides required that a 

 on. and after Mr. 

 called loudly and 

 offered to with- 

 BLis offer was not 

 in tins class, al- 

 and did not come 

 ilmou reel, imported 

 * a nuisance to 



Col. willai 

 Ct T. Bonn 



Jas. Cibb. 



»• as To W light op Rods.— No one. 

 fished for a living, ■■: Uoni evi c 

 led in either the manufacture or 

 er taken n first prize in any 0>ur- 

 3, actual east.; accuracy and deli- 



enntestaiit to be allowed five i 

 minutes to oast lor delicacy and 

 Class A— Amateur.— No Limit 

 permitted to enter who has 61 

 been a guide or u l.o has been el 

 sale of fishing tackle, or « ho ha 

 nament, Scale of points -Dlsti 

 eaey, 25 each. 



In this class Mr. Thorn made the longest cast and handled 

 his line well in retrieving, hut was below the mark in deli- 

 cacy and only good in accuracy. Mr. Heudrix came second 

 in distance and" was about equal in other respects. Mr. Ranch 

 exhibited great delicacy and handled his line well. Mr. 

 L, vi'on appeared like one who could do much better if alone 



on the stream. He I 



toward the close of h 



public for the first li: 



year thirteen feet am 



to fifth place in other points. He 



i. (■., without retrieving his line, 



and evidently alarmed by the dis 



HS and did not. cast as Well 

 (!. All these men were easting in 

 Mr. Eggert beat, his record of last 

 a lie third in distance but fell oft' 



Mr. Weld 



h the "watet 

 di 

 ,1c by the 



H C. Thu 



W. E. Heudrix 11 6 



O. A. Ranch 11 6 



13 Levison 11 



Ed. Fggort 11 



H. V. Weld H S 



CLASS B — AAIATECU. 



Length Weight Ois- 



,,i Pod. of Kod. tanee. 



L . . t, . Ozs. Ft. 



...II 6 KJo HO 



...11 6 10 77 



,.,.11 G S14 10 



...ii a ioji si 



...11 10}g vo 



to 



13 



fit,'" 

 'VOUS 



'--. 



EOP6 NOT TO EXCEED NINE OUSCES 

 IK WEIGHT. 



Here the winner in Class A was barred, all the others 

 entered, and in addition, Mr. Thomas Priehard, son of the 

 champion of last year, entered. Mr. Heudrix won, adding 

 one foot to his score, and making an excellent record for 

 I in in j and accuracy. Mr. Ranch followed him as before, 

 aud although falling off in distance, he made. I he highest score 

 in accuracy. Thomas Priehard came next with a 1-i-ouncc 

 rod, leading Ranch in distance, but fell hehiud him in other 

 points. Mr. Levison rose from six lo fourth place, exchang- 

 ing wilh Mr. Weld, while Mr. Eggert was again tilth with a 

 few more poiuts to his record. Some of the rods were 



mtestant should have fished for e 

 Eggert had entered, and the maiia 

 often for more entries, Ira Wood cami 

 draw if his name was keeping others c 

 accepted, aud we. rejoiced to see him 

 though he was not in good physical tr 

 up to his previous record. His Scotch 

 by his brother Reuben, bothered him and w 

 others who used it. 



SCOIUi SALMON CASTING. CLASS 1— AMATEURS. SCALE 



Length Weight Dis- 



of Rod. of Rod. tancc Deli- 



Ft. In. Lbs. Oas. It. c.iiv. 



[raWood -.18 S 2 It 99 



ii i p i is o s is tat it; 



SALMON CASTING, CLASS 2— EXPE1 

 Open to all, 



. 112 2473 39 10J.S 





TJ 



3 



5 



2i sa-i<>ii 



23 1-15 



i 

 a 



a 



22 9-112 



IT— ,lnue21-Jtdv 11. 

 IT- June 21-July 11. 

 10-June 20-Jnly 11 



Moutizainbert aud Sewell killed three salmon (averaging 

 bout '2i lbs.) and a great: many very large trout in five (lays' 

 fishing the first week in August, 



MY 



OUR time in camp pat 

 Lyman got it iulo his he 



FIRST ADIRONDACK TRIP. 



A BOYHOOD ISEM1NISCENCE. 



(Continued.) 



1 pleasantly for a week, then 



_._ ad lo leave us. lie had made 



arrangements to go to the Thousand Islands, and thought he 



needed all his time to get there. One Sunday afternoon he 

 said he must go, and wanted us to take him to "Kellogg's" 

 on Long Lake. He said he would pay our expenses ivhile 

 gone, and as it would he elieapci to him we consented. 

 although we hated to have him go. Wc found out we could 

 not persuade him to stay longer, so about one o'clock we 

 si tirted, intending to stay over night at "Carey's,'' between 

 the Raquclte and Forked lakes'; The distance from our 

 camp to Kellogg's was thirty eight miles, ami we thought 

 by slaying all night at Carey's wc could make Kellogg's by 

 ten o'clock the next day. We had a carry of ouc mile be- 

 tween the Seventh and Eighth lakes, but having only 



The winner 

 Mr. Hawes toi 



than last year. 

 fOOt. The sci 



ord of last year by eight feel, and 

 ice with a record of a foot less 

 tm also fell behind the record a 



longer aud weighed more thau the. re 

 but the contestants all declared theme 



satisfied. 



this class, 



Ft 



of Rod. tai 



Ft. 



W. K Hend ... . 



C. A. Kauch - .It 8 m £5 25 ' 



Thomas Priehard.. .10 i)4 73 18 V 



II P. Weld 11 2 9 til 22 11 



Ed. Eggert 11 10U 62^ 18 If 



C. (I. Levison 11 tl Vb% 59 18 1 



CLASS e-ASl.'TECR. NO LIMITATION AS TO WEIGHT OF ROD.' 

 DISTANCE ONLY TO COUNT. 



Length Weiclii 

 of Rod. of Rod, 

 Ft. In. Ozs. 



to o m 



11 6 8*1 



11 a 



Dis- 

 tance. 

 Ft. In. 



SO 3 



Thomas Priehard 



(.'. A. Bryan. 1? l> m B8 



CLASS O— EXI'EKT. OPEN TO ALL. KODS NOT TO EXCEED 

 ELEVEN 1'EKT LN LENGTH NOB BUTE OUNCES IN WEIGHT. 



This was the class of the day that was looked forward to 

 with interest,. Some of the champions of last year were on 



Length of BOd. Weight of Rod. Distance. 

 Ft. In. Lbs. Ozs. Ft. 



R C. Leonard IS 2 12 124 



H W. Hawes .17 2 It 115 



ti.W. Priehard IS II 2 11 95 



Thos J. Conroy 18 2 11 <J4J^ 



h.'il.ii- . 17 " 2 ti 93 



.I.R.ainsbcto.ui IK II 2 11 90 



The names of the judges in all fhe foregoing classes were 

 given last week. 



c.Ass CASTING. 



There Were two classes in this style, one known as heavy. 

 with 24-ouuce sinkers, the other as light, with 1 | ounce .int. 

 era, The winner. Mr. . LA. Roosevelt, beat bisrecord I ;. 30 I 3 

 points. Mr. TV". Murray mode one Irenuudous east which 

 Went ovel ' '1 R ' top of the willow free at the base of which ihe 

 "lane'' terminated. Had it fallen within the lane there is 

 no telling what his record would have been; it might have 

 exceeded the famous cast of President Endicott. at Coney 

 Island, where the tape-line was worn out before the sinker 

 was reached and the scorers died of old age before getting 

 back to report. Mr, voin Hole added to his record. All 

 rods were ? ft. in. 



SCORE. HEAVY BASS CASTING. 

 Kive casts alio ived and ihe casts between the lines, only, to he added 

 and divided by five. All others not to count. Judges; Hon. H. C. 

 AicGmvn, S. M. Rhitehf rd, J, L. Vallotton referi 



1st 



2d 



3d 



«h 



5th 



Cast. Cast. Cast. Cast. Cast. 

 J A. Roosevelt... IBS 150 152 153 161 157 2-i 



F, vom llofe .... 110 85 75 51 



W. Murray 146 20 1-5 



In the light bass ousting which followed, it wasa surprise 

 to see Mr. Hawes win with a black bass minnow-rod of two 

 pieces, and weighing eight ounces, against ordinary striped- 

 bass rods of twenty" ounces up. Mr Murray placed all his 

 casts, and it is remarkable that the only lost cast, in the con- 

 test was the third one of Mr. Conroy. 



SCORE. — LIGHT BASS CASTING. 

 Judges: J. J. Bloomfteld, Jacob Bausch. F. Endicott, referee. 



Lyman 



Eight] 



Scvent 



baggage and Ihe boat. 





Thu 



ic other side. Besides, the Bn 

 to go do 



lie, i- ii. is too hard to 



trom Ihe Seventh lo 

 ie Brown Tract Inlet, 

 ,n Tract Inlet is very 

 1 and long. If is lour 

 n or up it you could go 



on the I'taipictte. the 

 ghdre line of ninety-six 



in ccb that 1 will" not 

 id Constable's Point, 



1st 



3d 



-Ith 



5th 



Oast. Cast. Cast. Cast. Cast. 



..107 



102 



fS 



97 



47 



105 



Average. 

 100 1-5 



100 2-5 

 00 1-5 

 62 3-5 



'HAMrlON SINGLE HANDED FLY-CASTING. 



as not mote than half an hour high wdien this 

 ailed and the necessity of haste was apparent to 



Th 



all The bulges ordered that instead of a time 'allowance 

 each contestant -hould be allowed fifteen easts. Undoubt- 

 edly this shortened the record but it was the only alternative, 

 Harry Pridhard did not enter and his last year's record of 91 

 feet still stands "long line." Mr. K. G. Leonard won with 

 87 feet, three feet short of his record last year, when he was 



miles in length, aud while going d< 

 eight miles on the lakes. YY e a rri » 

 largest of any of the lakes, havinfi 

 miles; this lake has been e 

 attempt to portray it. We pa 

 Murray's Isiand and Alvah rhmuimi's, and proceeded to- 

 ward the "Forked." We were in a hurry lo get, to Carey's 

 before dark and needed all our time. At last Fred said we 

 bad come to tin- carry that led to Carey's House, but it had 

 not the appearance of a carry. lie said he knew il was the 

 place; so WC went up it, a short way, hut we all came to the 

 conclusion it could nol lie the piace. anil got into our boat 

 again aud rowed up the lake; we hunted around for half an 

 hour, but could uot hud any UacC <i a I any. 1 lappcniug 

 lo look down the lake we saw a boat coining toward us and 

 started to meet it, On the way down we leased Fred a good 

 deal about it, telling him a'man that had traveled across 

 Arabian deserts should never get lost on a smalt lake that, lie 

 had crossed ado/en times. And a,- ibis appeared to worry 

 him it was kept up. 



Iu a short time wc came up lo the boat, which contained 

 two guides. We inquired about •■Carey's," and found 1 hat 

 ■old "man" Carey had moved away and the old house was 

 unoccupied. Fred was right in regard to the carry and was 

 as pleased lo think he was "right as a little boy would be over 

 a new toy. The only thing left for us to do was to go on to 

 Kellogg's that night; the distance was only fourteen miles, 

 but il was now dark and we had four carries toe:,. 

 reaching Long Lake. We soou got over the carry of hall a 

 mile between the Raquette and Forked lakes. This carry 

 is perfectly level aud there is a good wide road running all 

 the wav between the lakes. We rau nearly all the way over 

 and were soon goina* down the Forked at the rate of six miles 

 an hour. The Forked Lake is a peculiar sheet of water, 

 having a great many forks, or arms, running from all direc- 

 tions fn it. The liaquctte River, rising in the Raquette Lake, 

 flows through the Forked, but is so iapidth.it few ever run ill, 

 it taking twice the time to do Has it. does to carry over. After 

 rtinuingfour miles down the Forked we went about a quarter 

 of a mi'feaud came to the one and a half mile carry. This wasa 

 ' ">y the time we had arrived again 

 is dark. We now had to go down 

 i-c came to Buttermilk FallSj or as 

 torn Falls.'' We had to stay near 

 arp lookout so as not to run over 

 :j them we did not sec -'Murray's 

 n. We were very much disap- 

 s expected to see it. The idea of 

 John Pluuketl, running this fall 

 high, tail they break. 



B Rive: 

 idle b( 



ke 



hard 



at the Raqiictti 

 the river one i 

 Murray calls t 

 the shore and 

 them. When 

 phantom"' beckoning us 

 pointed at this, for all of l 

 Murray and his guide. 

 ,1 foolishness; the fall 



"Phii 

 pa s 



and the water running down them is baldly sufficient for a 

 boat to run over, and if one should be taken in it would be 

 impossible for it not to upset. W T e soon got across this carry, 



