Sept. 30, 1893.1 



FOREST ANiJ STREAM. 



27B 



ducing the latter many feet, and destroying the possibil- 

 ity of breaking records or working up even to average 

 form. 



Expert Classes. 



Event No. 1. Long Distance Fly-casting. Entrance $10. 

 Open to aU; aU casting shall be siagle handed; rods 

 over lift, long barred, and rods shall be imconfined when 

 casting; one, two or three flies, of a size not larger than 

 No. 5 allowed; leaders shall be single gut and not longer 

 than 9 nor less than 6ft. ; knotting of lines, or any de- 

 vice to lend weight to the cast, prohibited. Three prizes; 

 first prize, gold medal, emblematic of expert long distance 

 fly-casting championship. First, R. C. Leonard, OO^ft.; 

 second, P. C. Hewitt. 92ft.; third, E. E. Wilkinson, 84ift.; 

 Mr. J. E. Isgrigg, 77ft, Each of the contestants used 

 Leonard rods. 



Five minutes were allowed each contestant. No cast 

 counted if the stretcher fly was missing; no time allow- 

 ance was granted to replace a fly; the length of cast was 

 measured from score hne on the pier to the spot reached 

 by the stretcher fly; contestants who tied were to compete 

 three minutes longer. 



Event No. 3. Fly-casting for Distance and Accuracy 

 combined. Entrance $10. Three prizes; first, gold medal; 

 rest, merchandise. Three buoys shall be placed as follows: 

 The first, 75ft. from the score line, but 5ft. to the left of a 

 direct line; the second, 80ft. distant, but 5ft. to the right 

 of a direct line; the third, 85ft. distant, but in a direct 

 line from the pier stake. Any part of the leader falling 

 across the object buoy shall be counted perfect, viz. , 100 

 per cent. ; one point shall be deducted for every foot dis- 

 tant the leader or nearest fly shall be from the buoy. Five 

 casts shall be made at each buoy; sixty seconds shall be 

 allowed at the start to extend line, and cast one shall be 

 called on the back cast at the expiration of the sixty 

 seconds, or sooner if the contestant calls time. The dis- 

 tance of the leader from the buoys at each cast shall be 

 added together and divided by three; the total shall be 

 deducted from 100, which shall be the percentage. The 

 one having the highest percentage shall be declared the 

 winner. Ties shall be cast off at the 85ft. buoy, five casts, 

 sixty seconds to extend line, time called on back cast. 



No. of Casts. Total De- Net 



Dis- , ■ , De- De- merit Per 



$ S k 5 merits, meriis. per c. Cent. Total. 



E. C. Leonard, 

 New York. 



P. C. Hewitt, 

 New York. 



E. C. Wilkinson, 

 Chicago. 



tance. 1 

 2 



85 

 (75 

 -^80 

 (85 



■I 80 

 (85 



7 6 0 0 

 3 0 0 0 2 



0 2 0 

 3 5 0 2 

 0 4 4 0 

 2 7 2 0 

 2 3 10 10 

 0 0 2 10 

 5 10 10 10 



43 \i% 85% 85?^ 



77 253^ 74^ 74^ 



Each of the contestants used Leonard rods. This event 

 was on Friday. The buoys were set in an opposite direc- 

 tion from that in which the fly-casting was done, to avoid 

 a cross current of air deflected by the large building. 



The following took place on Thursday: 



Event No. 3, Black Bass Bait-casting for Distance and 

 Accuracy Combined. Entrance $10. Three prizes. First, 



fold medal. Conditions as follows: The casting shall be 

 one on land ■ in a straight court 80ft. wide, a tape line 

 running the full length equidistant between the bound- 

 aries. All casts shall be made single-handed, and the 

 weight cast shall weigh ^oz. ; weights shall be furnished 

 by the tournament committee. Each contestant shall 

 make five casts, three trial casts being first allowed; if 

 the contestant desires he may call time on any one of the 

 three casts; after which the four remaining casts shall be 

 counted. The average of the five casts shall constitute 

 the record, to be determined as follows: If the weight 

 falls within 1ft. of either side of the tape line full measure 

 shall be counted; for every foot over 1ft. away from the 

 tape line one point shall be deducted from the length of 

 distance cast; thus, if the weight Ues 3ft. away from the 

 tape line at the 140ft. mark, then 138 shall be credited; if 

 15ft. away from the 140ft. mark, then 126 shall be cred- 

 ited, and so on, the foot to be counted nearest which the 

 weight lies; no fractions allowed. 



The longest single distance cast shall be entered as a 

 matter of world's record, recognized by the award of a 

 silver medal with the distance inscribed on it. 



No. of Casts. 



combined. Entrance $8. This event took place on Fri- 

 day. Seven prizes. First, medal. The rest were mer- 

 chandise. Buoys placed at 45, 50 and 55ft. Same condi- 

 tions as in expert class. 



H. G. Leavitt, 

 Grand Island, 

 Nebraska. 



.T. E. Isgrigg, 

 Chicago. 



Indianapolis. 



Chicago. 



E. E. Wilkinson, 

 Chicago. 



M. D. Butler, 

 Indianapolis. 



W. S. Head, 

 Chicago. 





No. of Casts. 





Total 



De- 



Net 





Dis- 











De- 



De- 



merit. 



Per 





tance. 



1 S 



S 



h 



5 merits, merits per c. Cent. Total. 



I 45 



2 2 



1 



2 



5 



12 











J 50 



2 2 



2 



0 



0 



g 











( 55 



2 2 



6 



6 



5 



21 



39 



13 



87 



87 



( 45 



3 3 



6 



5 



1 



18 













0 1 



2 



4 



6 



18 













5 6 



3 



3 



2 



19 



50 



16% 









5 4 



1 



3 



6 



19 











'-( 50 



5 10 



3 



5 



1 



24 











( 55 



7 3 



2 



5 



4 



21 



64 



21J^ 





78J^ 



(45 



2 6 



2 



5 



2 



17 











J 50 



10 8 



5 



5 



5 



33 











(55 



10 10 



6 



5 



5 



36 



86 



28J^ 



713^ 



n% 



145 



8 4 



4 



6 



3 



25 











' -^50 



5 0 



2 10 



5 



22 









m% 



(55 



2 1 



3 10 



5 



21 



68 



22^ 



67M 



(45 



5 4 



0 



2 



2 



13 











-^50 



2 5 10 10 10 



37 











(55 



3 4 10 10 10 



37 



87 



29 



71 



71 



45 



10 10 10 10 



2 



32 











-^50 



6 6 



10 



6 



0 



28 











(55 



10 10 10 



5 



9 



44 



104 



34% 



651^ 



65J^ 



(45 



0 0 



2 10 



0 



12 











•^50 



10 10 10 10 10 



50 











55 



10 10 10 10 10 



50 



112 



37M 



6^ 



62% 



Chicago. 



Mr. Leavitt used a Leonard rod. He made many 

 friends of all, and Ms winning was their rejoicing. 

 Event No. 3. Bait-casting for Distance and Accuracy 



Combined. Entrance^ 

 Rest, merchandise: 



Seven prizes. First, gold medal. 



No. of casts. 



F. B. Davidson, 

 Chicago. 



J. M. Clark, 

 Chicago. 



R. B. MiUer, 

 Chicago. 



G. A. Murrell, 

 Chicago. 



E. C. Quarles, 

 Chicago. 



J. E. Strong, 

 Chicago. 



1 ^ 3 k 5 

 fDistance 150 143 145 102 152 

 ■J Demerit 5 *18 0 13 0 



[ Total.. 145 0 145 89 152 

 Distance.112 117 108 111 98 

 Demerit. 3 3 6 11 4 



Total.. 109 114 102 lOO 94 

 Distance. 23 117 129 121 117 

 Demerit. 0 8 18 9 



Grand 

 total. 



Longest 

 Av. cast. 



Total. . 23 109 128 118 108 

 Distance. 97 90 78 101 100 

 Demerit. 9 4 10 2 5 



Total.. 88 86 68 99 95 



Distance. 91 106 97 116 87 



Demerit. 0 0 10 *14 2 



Total.. 91 106 87 0 85 



Distance. 95 93 40 57 88 



Demerit. 4 0 0 11 0 



S. A. Wright, 

 Lake vSla, lU. 



H. D. Ford, 

 Chicago. 



P. Le Poids, 

 Chicago, 



69% 130 



1 % S h 5 

 fDistance.139 130 137 \U 134 

 E. E. Williamson, J Demerit .0 3 0 0 0 



Chicago. 1 



L Total.. 139 127 137 134 134 



fl)istance.ll7 101 117 101 114 

 Demerit .3 1 6 2 U 



Grand 

 total. 



Longest 

 Av. cast. 



R. C. Leonard, 

 New York. 



Q. A. Murrell. 

 Chicago. 



E. B. Davidson, 

 Chicago. 



\ Total.. 114 100 111 99 103 

 fDistance. 110 95 83 131 92 

 J Demerit . 10 0 1 0 4 



t Total.. 100 95 82 131 88 

 Distance.114 145 142 115 96 

 Demerit .2 9 0 *15 1 



W. H. Babcock, 

 Chicago. 



Total.. 112 136 142 0 95 485 97 145 

 [Distance. 73 61 124 125 121 

 J Demerit . 6 11 o 7 *24 



[ Total.. 67 50 124 118 0 859 71<6 125 

 *Out of bounds. 



In the foregoing event, Mr. Davidson was handicapped 

 by using a strange rod and by having too short a line. 

 Twice he ran all the line off the reel. Every one heartily 

 rejoiced when he won the medal for the longest cast 

 made in the meeting. The rod was a Von Lexigerke & 

 Antoine split-bamboo, 7oz. in weight. 



Amateur Classes. 



Open to all who have a known fly-casting distance 

 record of not over 85ft., or bait-casting, average of five 

 casts, not over 140ft., with a half ounce weight, or who 

 have never won a medal in any open event. The condi- 

 tions and rules of the expert class shall govern all amateur 

 events, except where otherwise provided. 



Event No. 1. Long-distance Fly-casting. Entrance |2. 

 Seven prizes. First, gold medal. Rest merchandise. Fol- 

 lowing are the scores: Fu-st, W. H. Babcock (Chicago), 

 76ift.; second, M. D. Butler (IndianapoUs), 76ft.; third, 

 Heyward G. Leavitt (New York), 75ft. ; fourth, J. E. Is- 

 grigg (Chicago), 71ft. ; N. Van Blarcum (Indianapolis), 70ft. ; 

 Chas. T. Essig (Chicago), 59ft.; W. S. Head, 57ft. 



Messrs. Isgrigg, G-oodsell and Wilkinson tied on 71t't., 

 and in drawing lots for the place, Mr. Isgrigg won it. 

 Messrs. Babcock, Essig, Butler, Goodsell, WiLkinaon and 

 Murrell used the Kosmic rod. 



Event No. 3, Fly-casting for Distance and Accuracy 



Total.. 91 92 40 46 88 

 rDistance.128 35 75 131 130 

 J Demerit. 6 1 2 *16 13 



[ Total.. 122 34 73 0 118 

 fDistance. 84 64 78 48 109 

 J Demerit. 7 6 11 1 *17 



[ Total.. 77 58 67 37 0 249 49^ 84 

 fDistance. 73 35 51 63 70 

 J Demerit. 4 8 14 9 9 



[ Total.. 69 27 37 54 61 248 49=6 73 

 * Out of bounds. 



Event No. 4. Light Rod Competition. Seven prizes, 

 entrance .$2; fii-st prize gold medal, rest merchandise. 

 Conditions— The competition shall be for ooz. rods and 

 under, open to all amateurs who have never won a prize 

 or had a known record of over 85ft. This event shall be 

 for accuracy, delicacy and distance combined, the accur- 

 acy and distance to be decided according to rules govern- 

 ing this in the amateur class, only that the buoys shall be 

 placed at 35, 40 and 45ft. The deUcacy of delivery shall 

 be decided by points, 10 to be considered perfect. The 

 contestant making the highest score when the total per 

 cent, and points are added to be declared the winner. 



No. of Casts. 



Total 

 De- De- De- 





Dis- 













mer- 



mer- 



merit 



Net 



lica- 







tance. 1 



s 



i 



u 



5 



its. 



its. 



P. C. 



P. C. 



cy. 



Totn. 





(45 



0 



1 



1 



2 



0 



4 













W. H. Babcock. 



-^50 



3 



0 



0 



0 



0 



3 













(55 



1 



2 



0 



1 



0 



4 



11 



3% 



961^ 



7 



1031,^ 





(45 



0 



0 



1 



0 



0 



1 













J. E. Isgrigg . . . 



-^50 



3 



2 



3 



1 



3 



12 



24 





92 





97 



(55 



3 



1 



1 



5 



1 



11 



8 



5 





(45 



0 



0 



1 



0 



1 



2 













H. W. Leavitt. . 



-^50 



1 



4 



2 



1 



2 



10 













(55 



2 



2 



3 



1 



S 



10 



22 



m 



92% 



3 



95% 





(45 



0 



0 



0 



1 



5 



6 













M. D. Butler.... 



-^50 



6 



2 



5 



3 



1 



17 













(55 



2 



2 



0 



2 



3 



9 



32 



10% 



mi 



5 



941^ 





(45 



0 



1 



1 



0 



1 



3 













J. A. Murrell... 



450 



10 



1 



3 



3 



1 



18 













(55 



0 



10 



4 



10 



10 



34 



55 



18}^ 



81% 



9 



90% 





145 



1 



2 



1 



2 



0 



6 













J. B. Davidson.. 



-^50 



10 



10 



3 



3 



1 



27 















(55 



10 



2 



1 



2 



3 



18 



51 



17 



83 



6 



89 





,45 



1 



3 



2 



1 



3 



10 













B. W. Gooddell. 



-^50 



4 



2 



10 



2 



0 



18 













55 



1 



2 



10 



3 



3 



20 



48 



16 



84 



3 



87 



Mr. Babcock used a Kosmic. 



The light rod event closed the tournament, the amateur 

 club team contest not filling. Ho%vever, there was an 

 extra event at the close of the tournament between a 

 Chicago and Indianapolis team, Mr. George W. Steele, 

 judge, R. C. Leonard, time keeper. Test, long distance. 

 Chicago won by 29 points: 



Chicago. 

 B. W. Goodsell 



J. E. Isgrigg 



E. E. WUkmson 83—246 



Indianapolis. 



Butler 80 



Van Blarcum 77 



McDougal 60—217 



The managers desired that the following card be pub- 

 blished: 



"The Chicago Fly-Casting Club announced some time 

 since to the world that an open-to-all scientific angling 

 tournament would be given at the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position, and that donations of merchandise prizes as 

 special features, in addition to the championship gold 

 medals offered would be appreciated. The Chicago Fly- 

 Casting Club hereby publicly thanks dealers and others 

 for their generous donations to the tournament, and hopes 

 that their bread will not have been cast in vain on the 

 waters of the North Lagoon. Such generosity certainly 

 engenders good will and stimulates sportsmen to renewed 

 efforts to advance all interests identified with sportsman- 

 ship." 



The tournament committee held a meeting at the con- 

 clusion of the toxuTiament, B. Waters. 



MAINE ANGLING NOTES. 



Reports from the Rangelevs indicate better late fly- 

 fishing than usual. A special from J. A. French, pro- 

 prietor of the Upper Dam Camps, last week, mentioned 

 the fine fishing Mr. Hiram Blood, of East Cambridge, 

 ]\Iass., had been having for nearly a week past. He had 

 then taken from the pool below the dam nine trout, the 

 average weight of which was SJlbs. It also mentioned 

 the skillful fly-fishing of IMr. Blood, and indicated that he 

 understands where the big trout hide, and what sort of 

 a lure is the best in the hands of an expert for drawing 

 them out. I suppose Mr. Patrick Kelly is among the 

 happy fishermen at the Upper Dam, as he was to go 

 early in September, and I have not seen his merry face 

 in Boston of late. Another special from Lake Weloken- 

 nebacook — the Middle Dam is doubtless meant — of Sept. 

 21, says that four trout were taken there on Thursday, 

 the united weight of which were 21ilbs. This was the 

 catch of Mr. E. W. Coes, R. E. Foster and Frank Breed, 

 of Boston. Mr. Coes caught the largest fish, one weigh- 

 ing Oilbs. Mr, WiUiam L. Whitney, of Fall River, and 

 Frank Haines took two 51bs. trout on the same day. The 

 wonder is as to where so many large trout come from, and 

 the question is asked by almost every rod and line sports- 

 man as to the possibility of the supply being kept up 

 under such fishing? Word also comes from the Moose- 

 lucmaguntic House, Haine's Landing, that Mr. Rogers 

 has t^en a trout of 5flbs., and Nick Boylston one of 

 4+lbs. 



But not all of the fishing ends pleasantly, or rather the 

 disposing of the fish, after the capture is made, especially 

 in Maine. Mr. H. T. Stanchffe, Paymaster of the U. S. 

 Navy at Norfolk, Va., has been spending a number of 

 weeks at the Mountain View House, on Rangeley Lake. 

 He is a lover of that region, and has visited the location 

 several seasons, I believe. Fishing he does not care to 

 follow as closely as some sportsmen do. He will take his 

 rod in hand on occasion, say after dinner or just at night- 

 fall, but is ready to give up the sport at the sUghtest cir- 

 cumstance. The other evening he was out for an hour or 

 two and was rewarded with a 4ilbs. trout. This increased 

 his enthusiasm somewhat and he fished more closely for 

 a few days, and was successful as few fishermen in that 

 region have been of late. He landed a 7ilbs. landlocked 

 salmon. At this he was greatly pleased. At the hotel he 

 expressed a wish to send his salmon to a friend in New 

 York. Mr, Harry Keyo, of the Southern Pacific Railway 

 ofiice in Boston, who was spending a few days with his 

 brother at the Mountain View, innocently offered to take 

 the fish out as far as Boston, as he was going home the 

 next day, Mr. Keyo says that he never gave a single 

 thought to the law against trout and salmon being taken 

 out of Maine, except by the person catching them, 

 although aware of the existence of such a law. He also 

 feels qmte sure that Mr. Stancliffe did no give the law a 

 thought. The salmon was nicely boxed in ice and 

 marked with the name of Mr. Stancliffe's friend. It was 

 done openly and the box was on the wharf at the Motm- 

 tain View till the arrival of the steamer. On the steamer 

 Mr. Keyo noticed a couple of fellows eyeing the box 

 inquisitively. They soon made friends with Mr. Keyo, 

 asking about the salmon, where and how it was caught, 

 etc. They expressed satisfaction at the capture and were 

 inclined to congratulate ilr. Keyo on his success. 'That 

 gentleman told them that he was not the happy indi- 

 vidual, neither was he the person whose name was on 

 the box. Later his suspicions were excited a little by 

 observing one of them making a note of the address on 

 the box. But the box went on board the train at 

 Rangeley without trouble and the baggage-master gave 

 Mr. Keyo a check for it. But at Farmington, every fifty 

 miles from the starting point of the salmon, Sheriff Blake 

 came down to the train and demanded the fish, saying 

 that he had a dispatch from Warden Huntoon, of Range- 

 ley, ordering him to seize the box for violation of the 

 statute against sending fish out of the State. At first Mr. 

 Keyo was inclined to demand that the railroad make good 

 the loss of his friend, as he held a baggage check for it; 

 but, on refiection, he saw that the railroad was not the 

 least to blame. Mr. Keyo is inclined to think that every- 

 thing was conducted in the most roundabout way, appar- 

 ently to make the cost as great as possible. It cost his 

 friend Mr. Stancliffe over $80. The seizure might just as 

 well have been made at Rangeley, as the two men on the 

 steamer, who evidently informed the warden, got off at 

 that point, and had ample time to notify the warden and 

 stop the fish there. This would have saved the cost of the 

 Farmington officer. Or they or the warden might quietly 

 have suggested to Mr. Keyo at Rangeley that he was 

 breaking the law, when he wouid have desisted, and the 

 purpose of the law would have been accomplished. He is 

 incUned to think, and others agree with him, that the 

 way the game laws are frequently enforced in Maine often 

 cuts the deepest for the more trivial offenses. Special. 



To Extract a Fish Hook. 



Baltimore, Md., Sept. 30 — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 As Mr. Hallock says, the best way to extract a fish 

 hook, where it can be done, is to force the hook all the 

 way through the flesh, so that the barb can be broken off. 

 After this is clone the hook can be drawn back through 

 the hole, which will soon heal up. I have extracted 

 several hooks in this way, that had been buried in the 

 flesh past the barb. One case was where a large hook 

 had entered the under Hp of a boy, and was buried up to 

 the bend. The first thing I did was to cut the line near 

 the hook, thus preventing any possibility of further hurt- 

 ing the boy by accidental pulls upon the line. I then felt 

 for the point of the hook, and telling the little man to 

 keep as still as possible, I forced the point quickly all the 

 way through the hp, and broke the barb off with my 

 pocket knife. On removing the hook there were two 

 small holes, which I treated with clay and willow leaves, 

 and in an hour or two all pain had left the woimd, an(i 

 nothing more was heard of it. Of course, if the hook has 

 entered so near the bone that it is impossible to turn it, 

 cutting wiU have to be resorted to. But in nine cases out 

 of ten, the hook can be turned so as to bring the point out, 

 and the removing of the hook will be accomplished with 

 far less pain, and without the terrible soreness resulting 

 from cutting it out. Edwabd A. Robinson. 



Striped Bass in the Shrewsbury. 



New York, Sept. 20 — Gen. Louis Fitzgerald teUs me 

 that the striped bass fishing is very fine now in the 

 Shrewsbury River. Wakeman Holbebton. 



