MAY 80, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



381 



nor lUft. in length. All rods with solid reel seats allowed 

 loz. .Distance only to count: 



Length Weight Distance 

 of lori. of rod. ca*-t. 

 Ft. In. Oz. Feet. 



R. C. Leonard 9 09 H 90 



T B. Mi'ls 10 00 5 86 



J. S. Rr^ese 10 00 5 86 



P.C.Hewitt 10 00 5 S5]4 



R. B Lawrcnc" 10 00 5 65 



C Sting off ti, : Mills 8%'ft.. Breeze 80ft. 

 Hea\y Bass Casting.— Judges: Hon. EL P. McGown, 

 W. H. Word; Capt. Wm, Dunning, referee. Open to all, 

 as per Rule 16. A stand 12m. high in front and 9in. in 

 rear was provided, to he used at the option of the con- 

 testant: 



Length Weight 

 of lod. oi rod. 



John A. Roosevelt . 



Ft. In. 



7 05 



Oz. 



Average 

 cast. 

 Ft. 



John Warneck T 11 



D Harris 7 07 



23^ 



627 05 



We-ght 

 of Rod. 

 Oz. 



f 



m 

 m 



Distance 

 Oabt. 

 Ft. 

 90 

 87 

 83 

 81 

 80 



15* 



Class E, 1884— R. C. Leonard, 83ft. 

 CIhss E, 1S85-R. O. Leonard, rod lift., 9oz., 92ft. 



1887- R. C. Leonard, rol lift., 9oz. 97ft. 



1888- R. C. Leonard, rod ll s 13 ft.. lOMoz., 102^f L. 



SALMON CASTING. 



1882, open to all— H. W. Hawes. ml 20ft., cast 116ft. 



1883, amateur— Ira Wood, rod ISiifu, cast 98ft. 

 18SR. <-xper — R. O. Leonard, rod l^ft., 21bs. l'ioz., cast 124ft. 



Class B. rods not t<> exceed 16ft. m length.— Harry Pritehard, rod 

 15J4F1., 26V<ioz., cast llS^ft. 

 I838-H. vV. Hawes, rod 18ft,. 37oz., 138ft. 



MINNOW CASTING FUR BLACK BASS. 



1884, open to all-Prof. A. M. Mavor. rod 8ft. 9M'm., 8}^oz., 97ft. 



1885, open to all— A. F. Dresel, I27ft. 



I»u7. open to all— A. F. Dresel, average of 5 cast?. 111ft. Hay- 

 den's contest, 5 casts, longest to count. (1. Poey. 126J^ft. 



1888— A. F. Drefel. average of 5 casts, 137ft. (Sidney Fry made 

 an average of 145' r ,ft., hut failed In accuracy). 



STRIPED BASS CASTING (LIGHT). 



1882— J. F. WiH-'amson, 2 casts, in lane aOd.wide, averaged S'3'\ft. 



1883— 11. W. Hawes. 4 casts, in lane 25ft. wi'ie, averaged lOOVt. 

 1.881— H. W. Hawes. 5 casts, in lane 35ft. wide, averaged W9«,„f t, 



STRIPED BASS CASTING (HEAVY). 



1882— J. A. Roosevelt, 4 casts, in lane 20f t. wide, averaged 127' r ,ft. 



1883— J. A. Roosevelt, 5 cast", in lane 35ft. wide, averaged 157- 6 ft. 



1884— J. A. Rno-.eveh, 5 oasts, in lane 35ft. wide, averaged 201}4ft. 

 18«5~W. H. Wood, 5 casts, averaged 804 9 6 ft. (no lane). 



1887— W. H Wood, 5 casts (no lane;, average, 216 5 10 ft. 



1885 — A. F. Dresel. 5 casts (no lane), average 181 e 12 ft. 



STRIPED BASS CASTING (HEAVY).— DISTANCE ONLY TO COUNT. 



1884— John A. Roosevelt, longest cast 2)4V«ft, 



1885— W. H. Wood, longest cast 250ft. 



B"LY-C A STING FOR BLACK BASS. 



188T— C. g. Levison, rod lift. lW ; n.. 10oz., cast 80ft. 



1888— Jas. L. Breese, rod lift., 1034oz., cast 79ft. 



W L Andrews 7 04 



This event was contested on the Polo Grounds while the 

 light rod contest was in progresson the Mere* an arrange- 

 ment which limited the competitors to four. 



Fly-Casting fob Black Bass.— Judge?: L. Dinwiddle 

 Smith, A. P. Van G.eson, D.D., Dr. James A. Henshall; 

 Wm. C. Harris, rf feiee. Open to amateurs under Rule 

 2. S ngle-handed rod, not to exceed ll-Jft. in length. 

 Orjly one fly required, to he furnished by the committee, 

 and" to be tied on a No. 2 sproat hook; distance only to 

 count: 



Length 

 of Hod. 

 F'. In. 



Jas L. Breeze ...11 (0 



P. a Hewitt II 00 



It. B. Lawrence 11 U0 



A. Miichell 10 11 



Ed. Eggen.... -.-.11 00 



O. Poev 11 CO 



Lr. S. M. Nash - 11 C2 



This ended the seventh tournament of the Association, 

 which as a social gathering was eminently successful. 

 The < fficers were untiring in their efforts to make the 

 meeting a success, and the contestants were cordially ap- 

 prt ciative of these efforts, and animated hy a spirit of 

 generous rivalry toward each other, such as is rarely ex- 

 hibited other than by the angling fraternity when engaged 

 in contests of skill. 



The public evinced no unusual interest in the meet. 

 Hundreds perhaps had seen the announcement and let 

 memory fondly conjure up the features of some bygone 

 Outing, including a mental photograph of the reader in 

 appropriate fishing costume with baski t at back and rod in 

 hand, hut the business of life claimed them and they went 

 on their several ways to the haunts of Mammon. But the 

 Mere was not wholly deserted of all save the members of 

 the A'tociation; before the first day was well advanced a 

 crowd of men and boys had assembled sufficient at any 

 rate to block the waier front, and in the afternoon a 

 number of nurse maids with their charges endeavored to 

 thread their way through the throng. 



The crowd appeared very deeply interested in the pro- 

 ceedings, although by no means well informed as to the 

 objpcts of the meeting. One thing appeared evident to 

 them, that the men who severally went on the platform 

 and commenced whipping the waters, were very much in 

 earnest about the work in hand, whatever it was, and 

 gradually it was whispered, and spread from mouth to 

 mouth, that they were trying to hook the measuring 

 floats with the bight st numbers on them. 



Perhaps the general public was not much benefited by 

 the raeeiing — who know.-? but for the contestants, at 

 least, it was a period of unalloyed enjoyment. To the 

 president and secretary, and other officers of the Associa- 

 tion, although the proceedings may have been wearisome, 

 they were followed by a comforting sense of duty done, 

 and of the achievement of the desired ends without 

 friction or shadow. 



WINNERS AT PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS. 



LIGHT ROD CONTESTS, 1882. 



Clas= A, Rods to he 5Moz. or less— H. W. Hawes, rod 4^oz., dis- 



ta Cla; s B,*Rods not to exceed 4>£oz.— H. W. Hawes, rod 4^oz., dis- 

 tance 78tt. 



1887— Rods not to exceed 5oz. — R. C. Leonard, rod 5oz., distance 



188S— Rods not to exceed 5oz.— R. C. Leonard, rod 5oz., distance 

 95fu 



B. F. NICHOLS CONTEST, 1882. 



AU contestants to use the same rod, 10ft,, 6j^oz.— H. W. Hawes, 

 disiance 71f i . 



SINGLE-HANDED TLY-CASTLNG, AMATEUR. 



Cla*= A. 1«82-H W. Hawes, rod lift., 9Moz.. 81ft. (R.C. Leonard 

 cast, 85ft., but failed in delicicyand accuracy). 



Class B, 1882— R. C. Leonard, ro llWl., 10oz., 85ft. 



Class A, 1883— H. C. Tliorne, rod llj^ft., 8}^oz., 80ft. 



Class B, 18SS— W. E. Hendrix. rod ll^fr.. lOoz . 78it. 



Class C, 188S— Thomas Pritchard. rod. 10ft.. 4^>z., 80ft. 3in. 



Class A, lti*4-C. A. Rauoh, rod ll^ff., Mb'*., bOft. 



Class B, 18-4 Ed. Egbert, rod lift., 75ft. 



Class A, 1885 Samuel ''•ojbeuiu-, rod U^f., S»oz., 74.6ft. (W. H. 

 Geodwin can' "(Oft. but fa ! 'ed to delicacy and accuracy). 



Cass A, 1887— Gcnzalo Po^y, rod 10ft, llin., 8>|oz.. 77ft, (Dr. Geo. 

 Trowbridge cast 81ft., but failed in de-licaeV and accuracy). 



Cla-sB-C. G. Levison, rod lift, ty&w., UV-z., 83fc. (Dr. George 

 Tro vbndge > ast 85ft., but failed in accuracy). 



Class A, 1888— R. B. Lawrei ce, rod lift., lOoz., 85ft. 



Class B, h-88-Prof. J. P. Silvtrmil, 80ft. 



SWITCH t LY-C •» STING, DISTANCE ONLY TO COUNT, 



IStT— H. W. Hawes, I02ft. 

 1188— ii. W. Hawes, 94 t. 



SINGLE-HANDED FLY- CASTING, EXPERT. 



Class C. 18^2- Harry Pritchard, red lO^ft., 8iz., 91ft. 

 Class D, 1*83— H. W. Hawes, rod lOJitt., i% z., 85ft. 

 Class E, 1883— R. C. Leonard, rod li}|ft.. 12oz., 87ft. 

 Class D, 1-84— H. W. Hawes, rod lu^ff., 5oz.. 76it. (R. C.Leonard 

 cast 781 1. with a 5oz. rod. but failed in delicacy and accuracy). 



KENTUCKY WATERS. 



CHICAGO, May 21. — A little while ago I had occasion 

 to comment on the fact that Indiana has no State 

 sportsmen's organization. After returning from a visit 

 at the annual shoot of the very strong and efficient State 

 organization of sportsmen in Iowa, I am sorrier than 

 ever for Indiana, and yvish she would move further away 

 from Illinois, or else reform her ways, which would be 

 easier and pleasanter. And now comes Kentucky. Indi- 

 ana's neighbor on the south, and on Wednesday, May 15, 

 organizes at Louisville the Kentucky Sportsmen's Asso- 

 ciation . a union of some of the strongest business and 

 professional men of the State. Following is the call. 

 Indiana plea«e copy: 



"Every fisherman and hunter in the State, who takes 

 an interest in the protection of fish and game, is earnestly 

 requested to be present, take part in the proceedings, 

 offer suggestions and join the organization. The prime 

 object of the formation of the body will be to take steps 

 for the rigid enforcement of the existing laws, and the 

 enactment of such measures as will afford a better pro- 

 tection in Kentucky for the long-neglected inhabitants 

 of the forests, fields and streams. It is proposed to es- 

 tablish a permanent fund, to be used as rewards for the 

 prosecution of persons who violate the game and fish 

 laws, and to select a good man to take charge of the 

 money. It will also be suggested that game wardens 

 should be appointed by the Governor, to the number of 

 four or five, each to have his district and he a man who 

 is so interested in the prevention of the wanton destruc- 

 tion, which has heretofore been so universal, that he will 

 see that the laws are enforced. It is understood that the 

 Association will urge this step, and a proposition will 

 probably be made that a small remuneration be paid each 

 warden out of the funds of the organization. Other mat- 

 ters of great interest to sportsmen, and tbe citizens gen- 

 erally , will be taken up by the Association from time to 

 time." 



From notes made on my trip of a week ago to Ken- 

 tucky and from Kentucky papers I discovered, too late 

 to classify, that fishing is now good pretty much all over 

 that State, except in the once noted waters about the 

 Cumberland gap, which have b^en ruinously dynamited 

 by railway hands. Fishing at Spottsville, on the Green 

 River, has been good. Sinking Creek, near Stephens- 

 port, is so much visited by Louisville fishers that the 

 railway makes a special train to accommodate them. 

 Barbourville and Wortbviile report good fishing. Lost 

 River is being well patronized. A whole carload of 

 Louisville fishers got off at Fisherville the day I went 

 through there, and they said the ''bachelors" were biting 

 well. Silver Creek gives a good account of itself. 

 Beach Fork, although a beautiful and much visited spot, 

 has lately disappointed the anglers. The Highland 

 Camping and Fishing Club, of Louisville, will pitch 

 camp dune 1 on the Ohio River, near Goose Creek. 

 Squirrel shooting near Fairfield is good, if one keeps 

 along the running branches. The dryness of the season 

 has driven the squirrels out of their most accustomed 

 haunts. Sunrise along the water catches them. Three 

 tquirrels were killed lately near Fairfield, Ky., which 

 were singular. They were all young fox squirrels and 

 had tails of unspotted white, being normal otherwise. 

 This is a freak of albinism which would interest our 

 Chicago albino collector, Mr. Deane. I presume their 

 tails turned white in a single night from sudden fear 

 or grief. 



Oat in Iowa the fishing is only ordinary. The Des 

 Moines River is very low, but rose a foot last Saturday. 

 Skunk River has not been out of its banks for three 

 years, and it always takes high water to make good fish- 

 ing there. A few Newton fishermen are taking some 

 bass and catfish, but not many. They are having a wet 

 spring in Iowa, and may have a good "June rise," in 

 which case the fi-bing will be good for bass, pike, cat- 

 fish, croppies and goggle-eyes as soon as the waters settle. 

 Numbers of ducks are reported breeding in northern 

 Iowa this year. The wet weather is not favoiable to the 

 breeding of tbe prairie chicken*. Nothing is more de- 

 structive, indeed, to the pinnated grouse than just such a 

 wet spring. E. Hough. 



Black Bass in Vermont.— In your answers to corres- 

 pond! nts you have made a mi-take in the time of tbe 

 opening of the black bass season in Vermont, The open- 

 ing season begins June 1. You were no doubt misled by 

 an error in the printing of the laws of 1884, since which 

 time no change has been made in the time. If this comes 

 to the eye of F. D. B. in season it may save him a disap- 

 pointment. You may also tell C. L., of New York, with 

 confidence, that there is no better bait for mink than a 

 bit of muskrat.— Awahsoose. 



FOR TROUT. 



THEY have been out twice— Uncle Kellup and Old 

 Tom. The first trip was too early. There were 

 signs of spring, indeed, but mostly in shop windows. 

 They did meet one pedestrian in spring overcoat, accented 

 with flowering buttonhole, but he wore a belligerent ex- 

 pression, as if defying expected criticism. In the suburbs 

 there were boys with tops and marbles, and an urchin 

 with distended cheeks, blowing sounds from a coarse 

 grass blade: there were more of them in the exposed 

 fence corners. But outside everything was still brown and 

 cheerless, and in a sheltered valley they discovered the 

 soiled, decaying remains of a great snowdrift. "Skeleton 

 of winter," said Kellup. 



This time, however, all was propitious, and Kellup 

 drove round at half -past six, and found his friend waiting 

 with all the paraphernalia, a pair of high rubber boots 

 and a very bad hat. 

 "Where's your tackle, K.?" 



"Oh, I'm going to let you play the trout this time. I've 

 got the gun under the seat." 



"What for? You haven't got the law repealed, have 

 you?" 



"No; but they say the law's off crows and hen hawks 

 and targets on trees." 



Then Tom discovered the dog under the seat, and this 

 was like to make a rupture. He "knew that dog — knew 

 him well. He'd gallop up and down that brook from 

 source to mouth. He'd wallow in it and shake all over 

 everybody and bark. Talk about trout!" 



And Dodger under the seat simply wriggled and 

 thumped and whacked his tail against the boards and 

 looked amiable — and stayed. 



The first two or three miles passed along in silence, 

 possibly because both were smoking, but by and by, get- 

 ting out into the "real country," they thawed out and 

 joined their voices in maligning the man who had stripped 

 the wood lot they were passing. They told each other how 

 they would do if they had a farm; how they would only 

 thin out the woods from year to year and yank out the 

 rocks. And they said they would plant trees. Tom 

 wondered if anybody ever loaded up, on the quiet, from 

 the stacks of cord-wood along the road, and Kellup 

 wouldn't blame them if they did, and entered on a disser- 

 tation on the habits of trees, how felled'wood was fol- 

 lowed by a growth of another variety; the evergreens of 

 northern New England, for instance, being succeeded by 

 the supar maple, and how firing a wood lot brought up 

 the blueberries, but he became entangled when Tom in- 

 quired what came after the sugar inaple, and pointed 

 out a growth of chestnut, springing from the ancient 

 stumps. Kellup said he would get Foeest and Stream 

 to write it up some time. 



Shortly after this, while Tom was berating the folly of 

 driving a narrow track wagon over a wide-gauge road, 

 his companion suddenly reached for the gun and pointed 

 at a hawk, poising far above, with the slightest motion 

 gained from leaning gently now on this, then on the 

 other pinion. 



"Hold up, Kellup," said Tom, shaking the reins, "till 

 I put you underneath and you can drop him into the 

 wagon." 



When the smoke had cleared away— and the hawk — 

 Kellup said the gun wouldn't carry so* far. They reached 

 the farm about 10 o'clock and the brook shortly after, 

 but Tom looked so truculently at the dog, while he was 

 tackling up. that Kellup called him off, and they went 

 on till they found a nice, lonesome spot in a sunny inter- 

 vale, with scattered clumps of bushes and the woods just 

 far enough for a background. The brook came along 

 with its monotone, ju«t like other brooks, now lurching 

 into this bank then gliding under the other, where it has 

 scooped a well and comes out with a reeling motion, to 

 joggle over some rocks and make a little uproar among 

 the rotten logs, where a bridge might have been. A little 

 further on it strikes a point and separates among a para- 

 dise of little boggy islands, green with skunk cabbage, 

 blue with violet-, and white with stars of Bethlehem. 

 There are paths worn smooth to the water by some small 

 animals, and an empty turtle shell brought in by Dodger 

 suggests a possible connection between the two. 



Long before they come up with Tom, they can tell by 

 the tense, serious expression that he has no fish; but just 

 as they approach he promptly lands one, and looks on 

 with disgust as Kellup carefully unhangs the little fellow 

 and contemplates him in the palm of his hand. 



"Well, Tom, the strawberry marks are all there. He's 

 a 'speckled beauty,' if that's what you want." 

 "Oh, throw him back." 



After Dodger has had a smell Kellup quietly drops him. 

 in, bit he floats* away, keel up, with a little wake of 

 blood. 



"Ah, Tommy my boy, you played him too hard. 

 You've tired him all ou.t." 



To change the subject Tom remarked, "What did you 

 get?" . 



"Oh, I just sat there and listened to a quail on a fence. 

 Did you ever notice what a full, rich, wild melody it is, 

 with a sort of contralto flavor?" 



Tom said he had, but he hadn't. He cared no more 

 for birds than Sidney Smith for dogs. 



They figured on getting into town quietly after dark, 

 and avoided all but tw r o acquaintances who fired the 

 salutation, "What did you get?" They drove on fast. 



When Kellup and Dodger had settled themselves, the 

 one on the hearthstone and the other in the armchair, to 

 see what Susan would produce for supper, the good 

 woman, by way of say ins something pleasant inquired, 

 "Well, what did you get?" 



"Oh, 'what did I get!' 'What did I get!' Why will 

 you always ask that question whenever I take a quiet 

 ride in the country?" 



This was said with a petulant tone and a frown, but he 

 thought better of it and changed to a benevolent smile. 



"Well, I'll tell you what I got. I got a hawk, that is, 

 I got a shot at him and he went off to die, or to get 

 another chicken, I don't know which. Let me see, what 

 else did I get? Well, I got mad with Tom; and I got 

 acquainted with a charming brook; and got the rheuma- 

 tism lying on tbe bank; and got wet washing the dog; and 

 got a turtle shell, and I've got it now, and a bunch of 

 violets, they're withered. And I got sunburnt and tired, 

 Jeffer son Scribb. 



Catalogues of Fishing Tackle have been received 

 from C. F. Orvis, Manchester, Vt., and A. B. Shipley & 

 Son, Philadelphia, 



